The Board is unable to determine if the veteran's current Crohn's disease and inversion psoriasis are related to service, as there is insufficient evidence. The case will be remanded for further examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence to establish a link between current conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Crohn's disease, inversion psoriasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2007
- Citation
- 0711458
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's Crohn's disease is rated at 60 percent, effective from the date of the rating decision on appeal.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unemployable from performing all forms of substantially gainful employment that are consistent with his education and occupational experience, granting entitlement to TDIU.
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