The Board denied service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder, finding no current evidence of the condition and concluding that the Veteran's allegations were not sufficient to establish a nexus between his claimed condition and service or service-connected onychomycosis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not present competent medical evidence linking his gastrointestinal disorder to service or service-connected onychomycosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19175762
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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