The veteran's claim for service connection for chronic dysentery, claimed as the residual of exposure to Agent Orange, was granted. However, his claims for other conditions related to shell fragment wounds and post-traumatic stress disorder were denied.
The deciding factor: Service records did not show any diagnosis or treatment for chronic dysentery, but the veteran's claim was granted based on presumed exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic dysentery, shell fragment wounds to the back
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2001
- Citation
- 0103695
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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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for shell fragment wounds to the back and a back disability, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim for shell fragment wounds to the back. The back condition is not related to active military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic dysentery and gastroenteritis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a valid period of military service from 1942 to August 7, 1946 and was not a POW for VA purposes. Therefore, his claims related to this time period are denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran did not have qualifying service to establish basic legal entitlement to VA nonservice-connected death pension benefits. The claims for service connection for various conditions were denied as they are not related to the veteran's service.
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