The Veteran's service connection claims for sore throat/colds, hemorrhoids/blood in stool, post operative umbilical hernia, stress fractures of the right foot, and stress fractures of the hips have been granted with effective date of October 30, 1989.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on evidence showing multiple stress fractures during service which healed but left residual disability.
- Claimed conditions
- sore throat/colds, hemorrhoids/blood in stool, post operative umbilical hernia, stress fractures of the right foot, stress fractures of the hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066764
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,886 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for post operative cholelithiasis (gallstones) with chronic cholecystitis and post operative umbilical hernia, both presumed to have originated during active service. Service connection for cholecystectomy scar residuals is also granted.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current plantar fasciitis or any other service-connected bilateral foot disability. The stress fractures and heel spur are found to be unrelated to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for her bilateral foot disorders, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 20 percent.
- Denied
The Board found that there is no competent medical evidence showing current disability attributable to service for stress fractures of the ankles, hips, or knees. Therefore, the veteran's claims are denied.
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