The Board granted secondary service connection for the veteran's gastrointestinal disorder, assigning a 10 percent disability rating effective from November 1990.
The deciding factor: The veteran's gastrointestinal disorder was found to be related to his already service-connected hemorrhoids and assigned a 10 percent evaluation based on its manifestations of stomach pain, cramping, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea without persistent dysphagia or significant impairment of health.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal disorder, Stomach pain, Cramping, Bloating, Constipation, Diarrhea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0608309
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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