The Board has granted a compensable initial rating of 30 percent for the veteran's service-connected diverticulosis, effective January 15, 2004. The claim to reopen a previously denied claim of service connection for a digestive disability is also granted.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the underlying claim of service connection for a digestive disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Digestive Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0802324
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate medical opinions provided in previous examinations and evaluations. The issues include psychiatric disability, sleep apnea, headaches (including as a residual of TBI), digestive disability, and respiratory disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further development and an examination, as there is potential evidence of a relationship between the Veteran's service or service-connected disability and his digestive disability.
- Denied
The Veteran's digestive disability is manifested by diarrhea, occasional involuntary bowel movements necessitating the wearing of a pad or other absorbent material, and near constant abdominal distress but does not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
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