The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a tonsillectomy are related to his period of active duty service and granted this claim. However, there is no competent medical evidence of any current prostate condition related to his period of active duty service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a current prostate condition related to the veteran's period of active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of tonsillectomy, prostate condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0328768
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