Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 1, 2001, for the award of service connection for colon cancer and a 100 percent rating from that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claimed chronic rib pain and stomach pain noted in his December 2001 claim is directly attributable to his colon cancer, which had its onset during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- colon cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25014090
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