The Veteran's fecal urgency problem due to the lack of normal colon function, claimed as loss of sphincter control is causally related to his metachronous carcinoma of the colon, status postsubtotal colectomy with scar. The Board finds service connection for this condition is warranted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's fecal urgency problem was found to be due to the lack of normal colon function resulting from partial colectomies due to colon cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- metachronous carcinoma of the colon, fecal urgency problem
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1740627
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What this means for you
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