The Veteran's intestinal bleeding is denied as there is no current disability for which service connection may be granted.
The deciding factor: There was no current disability of intestinal bleeding during the appeal period, and the Veteran's symptoms resolved after discontinuing NSAIDs use.
- Claimed conditions
- intestinal bleeding
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2014
- Citation
- 1447969
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