The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a surgical procedure for a rectal cyst and granted service connection based on continuity of symptomatology after discharge.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran had anal incontinence related to his pilonidal cyst surgery performed in service, which is considered direct service connection as there was no evidence linking it to any other condition or exposure basis.
- Claimed conditions
- rectal cyst, anal incontinence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2008
- Citation
- 0823565
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's anal incontinence is denied as it was not caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or similar fault.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic diarrhea and anal incontinence, finding that the Veteran's conditions did not meet the criteria for service connection as they preexisted his entry into active duty.
- Granted
The Veteran's anal incontinence is granted as secondary to his service-connected hemorrhoids. His low back disability has been granted a 10% evaluation prior to December 13, 2010 and remains at that level as of December 13, 2010.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's anal incontinence was not caused or aggravated by active duty military service.
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