The Board has granted service connection for Helicobacter pylori, finding that the Veteran's condition is at least as likely as not related to exposure to contaminated water during his military service at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The Board found an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence in favor of the Veteran's claim, resolving reasonable doubt in his favor due to the link between Helicobacter pylori infections and contaminated water exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Helicobacter pylori
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22052030
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has reduced the Veteran's rating for his service-connected Helicobacter pylori from 10 percent to noncompensable effective July 1, 2020. The reduction was proper as there is evidence of improvement in the condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied service connection for Helicobacter pylori, and remanded the issues of service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and diverticulitis due to exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a hernia and remanded the remaining claims for further development.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied an initial disability rating higher than 10 percent for lumbosacral strain, granted a separate 10 percent rating for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity effective December 18, 2020, and granted an initial 10 percent rating prior to July 15, 2020, but denied a compensable rating from July 15, 2020, for helicobacter pylori.
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