The Board denied service connection for a back disability and a hiatal hernia as there was no evidence of these conditions during the Veteran's active duty or in the years following, despite his service in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence showed that the Veteran did not have a diagnosis of a back disability or a hiatal hernia at any time during the pendency of the appeal and his adverse symptomatology was not an undiagnosed illness, a diagnosable but medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illnesses of unknown etiology, or a diagnosable chronic multisymptom illness with a partially explained etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability, hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25108986
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