The Board has determined that the veteran's irritable colon is not related to service and denied his claim.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no link between current irritable bowel syndrome and active service, given the lack of pertinent symptoms in the years immediately following service and the negative opinion on the VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- irritable colon
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2007
- Citation
- 0711397
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- Granted
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