The Veteran's abdominal adhesions, secondary to her reoperative c-section, are manifested by sporadic severe pain on at least a weekly basis that does not respond well to regular pain relievers and will likely require future surgical intervention. The Board has determined that the criteria for a 30 percent disability rating have been met since August 13, 2005.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of severe abdominal pain associated with her service-connected abdominal adhesions were found to be not controlled by continuous treatment and equated to symptoms not controlled by continuous treatment under the applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal adhesions, reoperative caesarean section (c-section)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2013
- Citation
- 1315566
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