The Veteran's digestive system disability is not shown to be related to active duty service or to any occurrence or event therein and the residuals of food poisoning have not been demonstrated.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the current digestive disorder to service, including a claimed incident of food poisoning during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Digestive System Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2018
- Citation
- 1812982
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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