The Board finds that the veteran's current conditions, including cerebral hypoxia with residual brain damage and neurological deficits, bowel dysfunction, and bladder dysfunction, are related to his VA treatment in August and September 1990. The claim is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a strong correlation between the veteran's postoperative complications following the 1990 pancreatic surgery and his current neurological and gastrointestinal symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- cerebral hypoxia with residual brain damage, neurological deficits (both upper and lower extremities), bowel dysfunction, bladder dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0629130
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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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