The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected post-operative residuals of a subtotal gastrectomy, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on severe symptoms warranting a 60% disability rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show the severity of symptoms (severe nausea, sweating, circulatory disturbance after meals, hypoglycemic symptoms, weight loss with malnutrition and/or anemia) required for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 7308.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of subtotal gastrectomy, bile regurgitation, heartburn, diarrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0002329
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