The Veteran's claim for service connection for ulcerative colitis is granted. The claims for tinnitus and the other conditions are denied.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records did not document tinnitus, and there was no in-service injury or disease related to tinnitus. Other conditions have been linked to service through medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness and tingling in the toes and fingers (Raynaud's disease), hypertension, left shoulder pain, tinnitus, ulcerative colitis, depression and anxiety, pain of the second and third toes of the left foot, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1023973
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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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