The Veteran's gastrointestinal residuals of histiocytic lymphoma have not met the criteria for an initial evaluation in excess of 20 percent. His pulmonary emboli, chronic venous insufficiency, and residual scars do not meet the criteria for increased evaluations.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's gastrointestinal residuals do not produce symptoms equivalent to moderate postgastrectomy syndrome (such as characteristic mild circulatory symptoms after meals with diarrhea and weight loss).
- Claimed conditions
- Histiocytic lymphoma of the stomach
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2013
- Citation
- 1313560
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