The Board has determined that the veteran's current gastric enteritis is not related to her active service and denied her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the veteran's symptoms were likely a result of intestinal bowel syndrome and unrelated to her active service.
- Claimed conditions
- gastric enteritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0632460
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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