The Board has determined that the veteran's gallbladder disability was proximately due to or caused by his service-connected peritoneal adhesions, and thus granted service connection for this condition. The claim for postoperative left neck metastatic carcinoma remains pending as no decision on this issue is provided.
The deciding factor: The veteran's gallbladder disability was found to be aggravated by his service-connected peritoneal adhesions.
- Claimed conditions
- gallbladder disability, postoperative left neck metastatic carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0328627
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