The Veteran does not have a current abdominal disability and there is no evidence of any such disability during the pendency of the claim or recent to the filing of the claim.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis for an abdominal disability, and the Veteran has not provided sufficient evidence to establish that they had an abdominal disability at any time during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21001937
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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