The Board granted service connection for Crohn's disease and found that the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune was related to his current condition. The other conditions were not shown to be directly related to service or due to exposure to contaminated water.
The deciding factor: The NRC study concluded that no diseases fell into the categories of sufficient evidence of a causal relationship, but fourteen diseases had limited/suggestive evidence of an association with chemical contaminants, including TCE and PCE. The Veteran's Crohn's disease was found to be related to his exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- Crohn's disease, headaches, hypertension, liver cysts with intrahepatic biliary duct dilation, blurred vision, renal cysts
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2014
- Citation
- 1444380
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