The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for pancreatic insufficiency, finding that there is no evidence of a link between his condition and service or presumed exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion found no causal link between the Veteran's pancreatic insufficiency and either service or presumed exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreatic insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2022
- Citation
- A22024681
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's residuals of a Whipple procedure and partial removal of the pancreas prior to March 11, 2008 due to lack of evidence supporting a higher rating.
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