The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for psychogenic gastrointestinal reaction manifested by diarrhea and amebic dysentery, as well as his claim for an increased evaluation for hemorrhoids. The Board found that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen these claims.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not provide a clear etiology for the veteran's claimed conditions and did not establish service connection based on the criteria provided in the regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- psychogenic gastrointestinal reaction manifested by diarrhea, amebic dysentery
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0024916
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lumbar degenerative disc disease, posttraumatic stress disorder, cervical disc disease status post laminectomy and discectomy, right carpal tunnel syndrome, left carpal tunnel syndrome, malaria, tinea pedis with traumatized nails, and amebic dysentery, are reasonably shown to be of such nature and severity as to prevent him from maintaining substantially gainful employment. Therefore, a TDIU rating is granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and right inguinal hernia, status post repair. The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent since the effective date of his claim. The issues of amebic dysentery, right appendectomy scar, residual of a back disorder, and tonsillectomy are withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's current disability due to clostridium difficile toxin is unrelated to his in-service episode of amebic dysentery, which resolved without residual disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.
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