The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for ulcerative colitis with bleeding ulcers and spastic colon secondary to PTSD, as well as his requests for increased ratings for PTSD and for an effective date prior to October 13, 2000.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that ulcerative colitis is not related to the veteran's PTSD and did not address whether it was aggravated by PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- ulcerative colitis with bleeding ulcers and spastic colon
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0637976
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