The Board found that the veteran's digestive system disorder, cervical spine and shoulder disorders, thoracic spine disorder, and urinary and fecal incontinence and erectile dysfunction were not incurred or aggravated by military service and are not proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disease or injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions had their onset during military service or developed as the result of, and have not developed beyond their normal progression as the result of, either of the veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Digestive System Disorder (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), Cervical Spine, Neck and Shoulder Disorders, Thoracic Spine Disorder, Urinary and Fecal Incontinence and Erectile Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0205050
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