The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for peritoneal adhesions and an earlier effective date, finding that entitlement to such benefits did not arise until June 2001.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a diagnosis of adhesions prior to June 2001, which is when the veteran's claim arose.
- Claimed conditions
- peritoneal adhesions, small bowel obstruction, recurrent urinary tract infections
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0619203
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What this means for you
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