The Board has granted service connection for residuals of meatotomy of the urethra, but assigned a noncompensable rating.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on direct evidence and no presumption or secondary condition is indicated in the decision.
- Claimed conditions
- genital warts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2012
- Citation
- 1241442
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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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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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