The Board has determined that there is no evidence of an intestinal polyp or bilateral macular degeneration in service, and the current conditions are not related to service. Therefore, the claims for service connection have been denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's current intestinal polyp or bilateral macular degeneration to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Intestinal polyp, Bilateral macular degeneration
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0331026
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted a 100 percent rating for bilateral macular degeneration effective February 21, 2020.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request to revise a January 2016 rating decision that assigned an 80 percent disability rating for bilateral macular degeneration with pseudophakia, finding no clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The effective date remains December 12, 2014.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found no evidence that the Veteran's current eye disorders had their onset in service or were otherwise related to his military service, including exposure to cleaning solutions and radar screens. The claim for right eye closing vein was denied due to lack of a current diagnosis.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for refractive error and bilateral macular disease, finding new and material evidence. However, it was determined that the current eye disorders are not related to service or service-connected migratory polyarthritis.
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