The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for colon polyps disability, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability and noting that any pre-service or in-service intestinal condition did not result in chronicity.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of a present disability related to the Veteran's claimed service-connected condition and noted that the Veteran had missed his scheduled examination without good cause, leading to the denial of the claim based on lack of current evidence and failure to establish continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- colon polyps
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20073033
What this means for you
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