The Board found no current disability from a stomach disorder or diarrhea related to service, and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence of a current disability from a stomach disorder or diarrhea that is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- diarrhea, stomach cramps
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2003
- Citation
- 0303046
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a disability manifested by stomach cramps and remanded the claims for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and inguinal and ventral hernias.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection for any of the claimed conditions.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to a procedural defect in compliance with claims-processing rules.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for diarrhea, as no communication indicating a formal or informal claim for this condition was received prior to March 18, 2024.
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