The Board granted service connection for intra-abdominal adhesions and hepatitis B, while denying service connection for disseminated intravascular coagulation, esophagitis, gastritis, and osteopenia. The remaining issues were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately balanced in favor of granting service connection for intra-abdominal adhesions and hepatitis B, but not for the other conditions due to lack of medical correlation or evidence of chronicity.
- Claimed conditions
- intra-abdominal adhesions, hepatitis B, disseminated intravascular coagulation, esophagitis, gastritis, osteopenia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2024
- Citation
- 24003844
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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