The Veteran's Crohn's Disease is found to be incurred as a result of active duty service, specifically exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise regarding the relationship between the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water during service and his current diagnosis of Crohn's Disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Crohn's Disease
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2016
- Citation
- 1646460
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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