The Board has determined that the Veteran's cholecystectomy and its residuals are related to her military service, granting her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's cholecystectomy was incurred during active duty, with a VA examiner finding it could not be determined if symptoms in service were due to gallstones but also noting that the Veteran had received regular treatment from a physician and her current disability may have been related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- cholecystectomy, residuals thereof
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2013
- Citation
- 1300533
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What this means for you
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