Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome as secondary to the service-connected PTSD and remanded other gastrointestinal conditions for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuasively shows that irritable bowel syndrome was caused by the service-connected PTSD, meeting Wallin elements (1), (2), and (3).
- Claimed conditions
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Hemorrhoids, Colon Polyps, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Gastrointestinal Arteriovenous Malformation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103969
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