The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's gastrointestinal (GI) condition, finding that it is proximately due to or aggravated by his alcohol abuse and/or medications used to control his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current GI conditions are proximately due to or aggravated by his alcohol abuse as self-medication for his service-connected PTSD, which resulted in a stomach surgery in 1976. The medications he took for his service-connected disabilities also contributed to his current GI conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal (GI) condition
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2021
- Citation
- 21066889
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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