The Board has granted service connection for bronchial asthma and irritable bowel syndrome, each with an initial evaluation of 10 percent. The RO is instructed to readjudicate the claims based on all evidence received since the January 23, 2002 Statement of the Case.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service connection claims were granted, but his evaluations remain at 10% as per the criteria for initial evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchial asthma, irritable bowel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0324081
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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