The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for gastrointestinal complaints, but denied the underlying claim as there is no evidence of a chronic disability related to service or an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing a current gastrointestinal disability and the Veteran's symptoms are attributed to his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal Complaints
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2017
- Citation
- 1709027
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