The Board has granted service connection for a shell fragment wound of the rectum and associated rectal prolapse, finding that there is at least equipoise evidence to support this claim.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on credible statements from the Veteran and findings from VA examinations, which established an in-service injury and current disability, with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound of the rectum, rectal prolapse
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1032628
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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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