The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's anal abscess, finding that it is at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected diabetes.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a current disability (anal abscess) and a link to service-connected diabetes which increased the risk of developing the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- anal abscess
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21029296
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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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