The Board finds that the veteran's duodenitis and irritable bowel/colon disorders resolved during active service, and thus, they are not considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: All gastric symptoms since active service were associated with hiatal hernia and reflux, resolving prior to separation from active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Duodenitis, Irritable bowel/colon
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0311207
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,177 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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