Denied
The Board denied service connection for GERD, gastritis, and chronic constipation as the evidence did not show that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed current diagnoses but no onset of symptoms during service or a relationship between the conditions and service due to the long gap between discharge and first diagnosis and other risk factors for GERD and chronic gastritis.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastritis, chronic constipation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25002532
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