The Veteran's intermittent dyspepsia with altered bowel movements is granted as an undiagnosed illness.,Service connection for nummular dermatitis is granted.,Service connection for unspecified depressive disorder is granted.,Service connection for inguinal hernia, to include as secondary to intermittent dyspepsia with altered bowel movements, is remanded.
The deciding factor: The weight of evidence shows that the Veteran has intermittent dyspepsia with altered bowel movements manifested by frequent episodes of bowel disturbance with abdominal distress.,The September 2018 VA examination report reveals a diagnosis of nummular dermatitis. The examiner noted that the Veteran reported that his skin symptomatology began after numerous sand flea bites in Saudi Arabia, and it is at least as likely as not that the skin disorder was caused by environmental hazards in Southwest Asia.,The August 2018 VA examination report reveals a diagnosis of unspecified depressive disorder. The examiner opined that the Veteran’s reported in-service depressive episode was the initial manifestation of the current depressive disorder, and it is at least as likely as not related to service.,VA treatment records reflect that in April 2018 he was treated for right lower quadrant abdominal pain. The September 2018 VA examiner determined that the Veteran did not have a liver disorder based on normal liver imaging from the CT scan and other complete liver lab work.
- Claimed conditions
- intermittent dyspepsia with altered bowel movements, nummular dermatitis, unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- A19003109
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