The Board granted compensation pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for adenocarcinoma of the rectum and service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, as the evidence supports that VA failed to timely diagnose and treat the disease, which proximately caused its continuance.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was at least equipoise on the question of whether VA failed to exercise the degree of care expected of a reasonable health care provider by failing to timely diagnose and treat adenocarcinoma of the rectum, proximately causing the continuance of the disease.
- Claimed conditions
- adenocarcinoma of the rectum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22000817
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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