The Veteran's IBS and lumbar spine disability are granted. The IBS is service-connected, while the lumbar spine disability receives a 40% evaluation.
The deciding factor: Service connection for IBS was established based on evidence showing it existed prior to military service and continued after discharge. For the lumbar spine, the Veteran's symptoms were found to be severe enough to warrant a 40% rating under Diagnostic Code 5293 due to recurrent attacks with intermittent relief.
- Claimed conditions
- IBS, Degenerative disc disease (DDD), Degenerative joint disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- July 26, 2018
- Citation
- 18121855
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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.
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