IBS & irritable bowel decisions — 2024

The Veteran's CAD is rated at 30 percent, effective March 12, 2020. The VA also granted a TDIU from March 12, 2020 to August 20, 2022, and SMC from August 21, 2022.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for gastrointestinal and left elbow disabilities due to a duty to assist error. The AOJ must obtain an updated VA examination that considers all relevant evidence, including recent treatment records.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's IBS is caused by his service-connected persistent depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, and therefore grants service connection for IBS.

The Board has determined that the decision denying eligibility for PCAFC is not clear and does not provide adequate reasons or bases. The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including PTSD, major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), tension headache, left shoulder labral tear, wrist tendinitis, fibromyalgia, lumbosacral strain, knee pain, plantar fasciitis, tinnitus, TMJ capsulitis, dry eye syndrome, allergic rhinitis, scars, and psoriasis are considered. The Board has ordered remand to clarify the reason for denial and provide proper notice.

The reduction of the Veteran's lumbar spine disability rating from 20 percent to 10 percent, effective December 15, 2021, was improper and restoration of the 20 percent rating is granted. The claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, IBS, and left hip disabilities are remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for IBS has been granted. The Board also remanded the claims for secondary service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy to a lumbosacral strain.

The Veteran withdrew their appeal regarding the increased rating for irritable bowel syndrome.

The Veteran's disability ratings for migraine, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), epilepsy with recurrent seizures, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), lumbosacral strain, and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome were improperly reduced to noncompensable effective January 1, 2023. The ratings are restored.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and a need for additional examinations. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, headache disorder, and gastrointestinal disorder are all in question.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for residuals of mild traumatic brain injury with post-traumatic headaches was denied. The evidence did not show that the condition resulted in Level 2 impairment, which is necessary to warrant a 40 percent rating.,The Veteran's application for TDIU was also denied as his service-connected disabilities alone do not meet the schedular criteria for individual unemployability.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of April 26, 2000 for the award of service connection for removal of floating ribs. The Veteran's claim was first reasonably raised in 2000 and addressed by a November 2009 rating decision.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction, as secondary to irritable bowel syndrome and gastroesophageal reflux disease, should be remanded due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance from January 15, 2021.,The Veteran's claim for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant is denied.

The Veteran's appeal for an increase in the rating for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) has been dismissed because the appellant requested to withdraw the appeal.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional medical records and an examination, as well as a duty to assist error in obtaining missing private medical records from the Veteran's ENT provider. The Veteran is seeking an increased rating for her service-connected IBS.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection on all issues related to arthritis, cyst or benign growth, residuals of right-hand shrapnel wound, squamous cell cancer on the back, residual scars on lower back, hearing loss, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), diabetes mellitus, type II, erectile dysfunction, gastritis, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

The Veteran's claim for service connection for IBS is granted. The claims for right and left knee strain are remanded due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for IBS, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence to establish a relationship between his claimed condition and service.

The Veteran's gastroenteritis is related to service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

Service connection for a headache disability and hypertension has been granted.,Service connection for allergic rhinitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastritis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, and hemorrhoids to include as secondary to GERD have also been granted.,The earlier effective date claims for left knee instability and right shoulder disability were dismissed.