The Board found that the veteran's rectal disorder was not related to his active service and denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The current rectal disorder is not caused by or a result of in-service hemorrhoids, as evidenced by normal clinical findings at the time of examination and no complaints of rectal issues during and after service.
- Claimed conditions
- rectal disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0905217
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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