The Board denied the veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his service-connected status post exploratory laparotomy, finding that there was no evidence of more than mild disability attributable to this condition.
The deciding factor: The available medical records did not establish any additional symptomatology or disability related to the veteran's service-connected status post exploratory laparotomy.
- Claimed conditions
- status post exploratory laparotomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0021741
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