The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for prolapsed rectum with incontinence is denied as his claim seeks a benefit not provided by law.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's freestanding claim for an earlier effective date for service connection vitiates the rule of finality and the appeal must be denied due to legal entitlement issues.
- Claimed conditions
- prolapsed rectum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2012
- Citation
- 1219447
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for a new VA examination due to significant differences in severity of symptoms between previous examinations and treatment records.
- Granted
The Board has granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected prolapsed rectum, effective from January 1, 2009.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's current spastic colon and prolapsed rectum did not begin during active service or were otherwise related to any incident of service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a spastic colon, but remands both claims of service connection for prolapsed rectum and dysentery due to lack of current evidence.
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