The veteran's irritable bowel syndrome is rated as 60 percent disabling, and his PTSD is rated as 50 percent disabling. The veteran is also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows the veteran experiences extensive leakage and fairly frequent involuntary bowel movements for irritable bowel syndrome, and occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity for PTSD, warranting increased ratings under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 27, 2008
- Citation
- 0810118
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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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