The Board denied the appellant's claim of entitlement to service connection for adenocarcinoma of the rectum, finding no evidence that his condition is related to his military service, including exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: No medical evidence demonstrated a relationship between the appellant's adenocarcinoma of the rectum and Agent Orange exposure or any other form of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- adenocarcinoma of the rectum
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0633381
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for adenocarcinoma of the rectum, resolving any reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a December 17, 2020, effective date for the grant of service connection and a 30 percent rating for unstable scars s/p adenocarcinoma of the rectum.
- Granted
The Board granted compensation pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for adenocarcinoma of the rectum and service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, as the evidence supports that VA failed to timely diagnose and treat the disease, which proximately caused its continuance.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to incomplete records and need for a medical opinion regarding causation.
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