The Veteran's IBS with GERD is manifested by diarrhea and abdominal distress, but does not meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The symptoms do not include significant or material weight loss; anemia; fistula; abdominal mass; hematemesis or melena; or recurrent incapacitating episodes averaging 10 days or more.
- Claimed conditions
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0907261
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 271 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 11, 2022, for a 30 percent rating for IBS with GERD and August 20, 2009, for a 10 percent rating for left wrist tendonitis. The claims for earlier effective dates for the 60 percent rating for psoriasis and 10 percent rating for right wrist tendonitis were denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent evaluation for IBS with GERD and denied an initial compensable evaluation for allergic rhinitis.
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