The Board has determined that the veteran's duodenal ulcer with schistosomiasis, dientamoeba fragilis, and liver condition is not related to his service-connected malaria disability. Similarly, the spleen condition is also not related to his service-connected malaria.
The deciding factor: VA treatment records did not show a relationship between the veteran's current complaints of duodenal ulcer with schistosomiasis, dientamoeba fragilis, and liver condition or spleen condition and his service-connected malaria disability.
- Claimed conditions
- duodenal ulcer, schistosomiasis, dientamoeba fragilis, liver condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0401749
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