The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder, including the residuals of surgery for a small bowel obstruction. The Veteran is found to have abdominal adhesions resulting from inservice surgery to remove a small bowel obstruction.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence presented raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of entitlement to service connection for abdominal adhesions due to inservice surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal adhesions, residuals of surgery for a small bowel obstruction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1215387
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