The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a back condition and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for adenocarcinoma of the colon, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease resulting in these conditions.,VA failed to diagnose what was likely a pre-existing disease (colon cancer), but the examining VA physicians exercised the degree of skill and care ordinarily required of the medical profession.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease resulting in these conditions, and that the Veteran's assertions regarding improper care on the part of VA were outweighed by the opinion of the June 2013 VA examiner concerning the best-available screening processes for early forms of colon cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Back condition, Colon cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2018
- Citation
- 1817611
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