The Veteran's claims for service connection for IBS and GERD were denied. The Board found no evidence of chronic intestinal or esophageal disabilities during service, nor any relationship to service.,VA examinations did not find current diagnoses of IBS or GERD, and the examiner noted that there was no indication of a nexus to service for any other gastrointestinal disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's STRs do not document chronic intestinal or esophageal disabilities. The VA examiners found no current diagnosis of IBS or GERD, and did not find a relationship between the claimed conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Intestinal Disability, Esophageal Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2014
- Citation
- 1449661
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