The Board has determined that the veteran's spastic colon is not service-connected, as it was not shown during active service or for many years following separation. The evidence does not establish a link between the current condition and service-connected residuals of a hernioplasty and hydrocele repair.
The deciding factor: Spastic colon was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and is not proximately due to, the result of, or aggravated by service-connected residuals of a hernioplasty and hydrocele repair.
- Claimed conditions
- spastic colon
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2003
- Citation
- 0325229
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