The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a rectal cyst and for TDIU. The decision found no medical evidence linking the current rectal cyst to her military service.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence of a nexus between the veteran's current rectal cyst disability and her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- rectal cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0011055
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a surgical procedure for a rectal cyst and granted service connection based on continuity of symptomatology after discharge.
- Granted
The veteran's sinusitis is not related to service, but his residuals of a rectal cyst are due to service. The claim for sinusitis is denied, while the claim for residuals of a rectal cyst is granted.
- Dismissed
The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been withdrawn.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of September 1, 1997, for a 10 percent rating for hemorrhoids with rectal cyst.
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