The Board has determined that the veteran's circulation problems of the hands did not have their onset during active service or an applicable presumptive period, and are not otherwise related to disease or injury in service. The claim for a colon disorder is also denied as there is no current diagnosis related to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not indicate that the veteran's circulation problems of the hands had its onset during service or was caused by any incident therein.
- Claimed conditions
- colon disorder, spastic colon with diverticulitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0613143
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- Dismissed
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