The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding that new and relevant evidence did not support readjudication of the issues.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support the Veteran's contentions regarding a causal link between his current diagnoses and active service or as secondary to his service-connected GERD.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic thrombosis, chronic left shoulder condition, lung condition affecting the right upper lobe, abdominal aorta condition, chronic proximal left vertebral artery occlusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24043825
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for aortic thrombosis, chronic left shoulder condition, lung condition affecting the right upper lobe, abdominal aorta condition, and chronic proximal left vertebral artery occlusion to ensure compliance with procedural requirements.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a chronic left shoulder condition as there is no evidence of a current disability and no evidence linking the claimed disability to active service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional medical examination and records review.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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