The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of prostatitis, bowel condition (claimed as bowel problems), and stomach condition (claimed as stomach problems) due to a lack of current diagnoses and no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or any service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of the claimed conditions and no medical evidence linking them to the Veteran's military service or any service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatitis, bowel condition (claimed as bowel problems), stomach condition (claimed as stomach problems)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20068948
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,088 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Granted
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