The veteran's gastrointestinal disorder was not due to additional disease or injury from VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or some other incident or fault. The Board found no evidence that the VA clinician erred in prescribing Naprosyn.
The deciding factor: VA treatment providers acted appropriately and well within guidelines followed by the medical community.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal symptoms, Rectal bleeding
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2007
- Citation
- 0710225
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- Granted
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