The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for the residuals of a cholecystectomy, finding that the gallstones noted in 1993 were aggravated during service and warranting their surgical removal.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while the presence of gallstones was pre-existing, they became symptomatic due to spleen issues during active duty training, necessitating their surgical removal.
- Claimed conditions
- cholecystectomy, gallstones
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0402837
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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