The Board has granted service connection for gastrointestinal problems, including pancreatitis and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and malaria. The Veteran's hypertension, thoracic aortic aneurysm, kidney disease, and asthmatic bronchitis are not shown to be due to any event or incident of his period of active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran is likely as not to have developed chronic gastrointestinal symptoms due to bacterial dysentery in service and likely as not to have contracted malaria while serving in India during World War II. The VA examiner opined that the acute pancreatitis was not caused by or related to any condition that developed in service, but GERD with recent hemorrhage is less likely than not secondary to any problem that he had in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal problems, Malaria
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1043417
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