The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Gardner's syndrome with total colectomy and removal of the small intestine, finding that there was no evidence of aggravation of a preexisting congenital condition.
The deciding factor: There is no clear and unmistakable evidence of aggravation of the veteran's preexisting congenital condition during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Gardner's syndrome, total colectomy, removal of the small intestine
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2000
- Citation
- 0005576
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