The Board has granted an effective date of June 4, 1970 for the award of service connection for short bowel syndrome. The claim for a TDIU due to short bowel syndrome is remanded as further development is required.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to determine the appropriate evaluation and impact on employment during the period from June 1970 to February 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- short bowel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1010642
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