The Board found that the veteran's chronic constipation, alternating with diarrhea, is likely due to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner could not make a specific connection between the veteran's current digestive disability and any disease or injury in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Digestive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2007
- Citation
- 0702964
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What this means for you
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