The Board has granted service connection for gastroschisis and intraabdominal adhesions, finding that the Veteran's condition was incurred during active duty. However, it denied service connection for acute pancreatitis due to lack of current diagnosis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of pancreatitis at any time relevant to his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroschisis, intraabdominal adhesions, acute pancreatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18135914
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