The Veteran's service connection claims for vertigo and IBS have been granted. The Board has also remanded the issues of loss of sphincter control, pruritus rectum, and voiding dysfunction to determine their relationship to his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence supported a finding that the Veteran's vertigo and IBS were related to his active service. The Board also remanded for further examination regarding the nature of the loss of sphincter control, pruritus rectum, and voiding dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- Vertigo, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Loss of sphincter control, Pruritus rectum, Voiding dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2023
- Citation
- 23004609
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
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