The Board denied service connection for ulcerative colitis (UC) as the evidence did not show that it was incurred or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show an in-service incurrence or aggravation of UC, and the current disability is not shown to have been caused by service.
- Claimed conditions
- ulcerative colitis (UC)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2020
- Citation
- 20082020
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's concurrent election of review under multiple appeal lanes, which is prohibited by law.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) due to insufficient resolution of medical questions regarding its etiology and whether it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected ulcerative colitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of entitlement to increased ratings for her bilateral knee disabilities and service connection for ulcerative colitis (UC) and migraine headaches due to a lack of updated treatment records, material change in her conditions, and need for addendum opinions regarding the preexistence of her UC.
- Partly granted
The Board found that the Veteran's ulcerative colitis was aggravated by his second period of active duty service, but denied service connection for arthritis of multiple joints. The decision is mixed as it granted one issue and denied another.
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