The Board found that chronic diarrhea and hepatitis were not incurred or aggravated during the veteran's active duty service. The preponderance of evidence is against these claims.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find a definite causal connection between the veteran's current diagnoses of chronic diarrhea and hepatitis to his military service, including exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic diarrhea, hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0114497
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic diarrhea, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's cause of death due to hepatitis, finding no evidence that it was related to his military service.
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