The Board finds that the veteran's rectal pain and fecal incontinence are due to unauthorized VA surgical treatment performed on March 18, 1996. The claim is granted.
The deciding factor: VA medical records show that the veteran experienced a yellow fecal discharge after undergoing an unauthorized lateral internal sphincterotomy procedure on March 18, 1996 at the Manchester VAMC, which resulted in his current condition of rectal pain and fecal incontinence.
- Claimed conditions
- rectal pain, fecal or rectal incontinence
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0614981
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