The Board granted a December 17, 2020, effective date for the grant of service connection and a 30 percent rating for unstable scars s/p adenocarcinoma of the rectum.

The deciding factor: The evidence is in at least relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's December 17, 2020, claim for entitlement to service connection for adenocarcinoma of the rectum included a claim of entitlement to service connection for unstable scars s/p adenocarincoma of rectum.

Claimed conditions

adenocarcinoma of the rectum, unstable scars s/p adenocarcinoma of the rectum, scars s/p adenocarcinoma of the rectum

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

30%

Decision date

March 4, 2025

Citation

A25019730

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