The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for digestive health problems, finding that his current digestive issues are not related to active military service or a service-connected disability. The claims were also remanded for additional examinations and ratings.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a link between the use of antibiotics during service and the development of GERD.
- Claimed conditions
- digestive health problems, gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), gall bladder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2018
- Citation
- 18128767
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Granted
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