The Board granted service connection for a stomach disability, an incisional ventral hernia, and increased ratings for prostate cancer residuals, status-post appendectomy with abdominal scarring and adhesions, and scar status-post appendectomy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of voiding dysfunction, abdominal scarring and adhesions, and a gastric ulcer were found to be related to his service, and the evidence supported the assignment of specific ratings based on the severity of these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer with voiding dysfunction and frequent urinary tract infections, status-post appendectomy with abdominal scarring and adhesions, scar status-post appendectomy, gastric ulcer, incisional ventral hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2024
- Citation
- 24032093
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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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