The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a gastroesophageal disability, finding that there is no evidence of a current condition related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran’s heartburn symptoms are less likely than not related to his service due to lack of continuity and no evidence of chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease in post-service records.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20046577
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