The Veteran's claims for service connection for anal fissures, hematoma left anterior/medial proximal tibia (left leg disability), and type 2 diabetes mellitus have been granted with effective dates of February 3, 2001. The claim for service connection for uterine disorder and infertility has been remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were reopened on new evidence and the conditions were found to be related to her active service or secondary to other service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- anal fissures, hematoma left anterior/medial proximal tibia (left leg disability), type 2 diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- June 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19147642
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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