The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for ringing in the ears and residuals of a left ankle fracture with arthritis as secondary to his service-connected irritable bowel syndrome with colo-spasm are not well grounded. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to his service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The veteran's contentions linking the left ankle fracture and ear ringing symptoms to his service-connected irritable bowel syndrome with colo-spasm were not supported by competent medical evidence, thus failing to meet the initial burden of submitting evidence sufficient to justify a belief that the claims are well grounded.
- Claimed conditions
- ringing in the ears, residuals of a left ankle fracture with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0016542
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