The Board denied service connection for loss of small intestines, loss of large intestines, short bowel syndrome, and Oddi sphincter dysfunction as these conditions are not etiologically related to active service or service-connected pancreatitis.
The deciding factor: VA examiners concluded that the Veteran's claimed conditions were not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected pancreatitis.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of small intestines, loss of large intestines, short bowel syndrome, Oddi sphincter dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22012323
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