The Board found that a current digestive disorder, including achalasia, was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and is not proximately due to or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a digestive system disorder during service, and the Veteran's current achalasia is not related to his service-connected residuals of left inguinal hernia.
- Claimed conditions
- achalasia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1100881
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Granted
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