The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for gastrointestinal disabilities due to new and material evidence. However, the claims are denied as there is no current diagnosis of a disease that can be presumed to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence fails to establish any current gastrointestinal disability or post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOa) for which presumptive service connection could be granted.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disabilities
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0600135
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- Remanded (sent back)
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