The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected colon resection, effective from when the claim was filed.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supported a finding of moderately severe adhesions of the peritoneum, which warranted a 30 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 7301.
- Claimed conditions
- Colon resection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0023500
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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.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's thoracolumbar spine disability, Barrett's Esophagus, and colon resection. The claims are also being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation prior to January 29, 2015, and in excess of 10 percent prior to November 28, 2018, for his colon resection is denied. The claim for a rating of 20 percent as of November 28, 2018, for his colon resection is granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of an inguinal hernia, residuals of a ventral hernia, and gallbladder removal. However, it granted service connection for bilateral hand fingernail clubbing as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected respiratory disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's additional disabilities are shown as likely due to VA carelessness, negligence, or lack of proper skill in performing the colonoscopy in March 2005. The Board grants compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for status post colonoscopy with perforation and resection of the colon.
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