The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of gastrointestinal and right hip disabilities as secondary to his service-connected residuals of a fracture of the right leg. The evaluation of the veteran's service connected residuals of a fracture of the right leg with chronic inflammation of the right ankle was continued at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the gastrointestinal or right hip disabilities were etiologically related to or aggravated by the service-connected residuals of a fracture of the right leg.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal disability (diarrhea), Right Hip Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0024430
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