The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic pancreatitis, finding that there is no current evidence of this condition and insufficient medical evidence linking it to her active service.,However, the Board granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for fecal incontinence, attributing it to her service-connected gastric motility disorder.
The deciding factor: The most probative medical evidence does not support a current diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis. The Veteran did not suffer from this condition during active service or at any time thereafter.,Fecal incontinence is found to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected gastric motility disorder, as supported by her VA gastroenterologist's findings.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic pancreatitis, fecal incontinence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2011
- Citation
- 1128336
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What this means for you
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