The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for irritable colon syndrome and granted it. The joint disability claim is denied, but the Veteran can still seek reopening of this claim with new evidence.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received to reopen the claim for irritable colon syndrome, which meets the criteria for service connection as a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(a)(2).
- Claimed conditions
- Irritable colon syndrome, Joint disability (to include spine, arms, and hands), Rheumatoid arthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1819896
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