The Board has determined that the Veteran's chronic gastrointestinal disorder, including diverticular disease, chronic diarrhea, and gastrointestinal bleeding, is a direct result of his active service. The evidence supports this finding as it includes current diagnoses, continuity of symptoms since service, and an opinion linking the condition to service without resorting to presumptive or radiation exposure-based criteria.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows current diagnoses of diverticular disease, chronic diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding, and a hiatal hernia. The Veteran's testimony regarding his exposure to ionizing radiation during service and continuity of symptoms since service supports the finding that these conditions are related to his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- diverticular disease, chronic diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding, hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0913361
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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