The veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been granted. He is now rated at 30% for diarrhea, due to an undiagnosed illness, and the issue of propriety of severance of service connection for headaches has also been resolved in his favor.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the veteran's diagnosed conditions, including depression, which was found to be related to his service-connected disabilities. The veteran's claims were granted based on the evidence showing a link between his current symptoms and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- diarrhea, nausea and dizziness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2005
- Citation
- 0503003
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection for any of the claimed conditions.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to a procedural defect in compliance with claims-processing rules.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for diarrhea, as no communication indicating a formal or informal claim for this condition was received prior to March 18, 2024.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for seborrheic dermatitis and remanded the claims for asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes mellitus type 2, fibromyalgia, GERD, OSA, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus for further development.
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