The Board has granted service connection for recurrent bowel obstruction, right hemicolectomy with short-gut syndrome as secondary to the veteran's service-connected subtotal gastrectomy, bilateral vagotomy for duodenal ulcer disease and pancreatitis. The case is now remanded for further evaluation of the increased rating claim and total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Board has granted secondary service connection for the claimed conditions as they are related to the veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bowel obstruction, right hemicolectomy, short-gut syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0019601
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including chronic pancreatitis with GERD and hiatal hernia, did not meet the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to their severity.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings have been remanded due to the need to consider the ameliorative effects of medication on his bowel obstruction. The abdominal scars and right groin strain issues remain unresolved.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of dose assessment for radiation exposure and the need for VA medical opinions regarding service connection.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a colon disability, including residuals of resection of colon mass and right hemicolectomy. The Board dismissed the case as a result.
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