The Board denied service connection for a rectocele and dismissed the appeal regarding an effective date prior to January 25, 1995, for a 20% disability evaluation for spondylolisthesis at L5-S1.
The deciding factor: The veteran's rectocele was not shown to be related to her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- rectocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0029393
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