The Veteran's Crohn’s disease is rated at a 100 percent disabling effective April 19, 2005. The appeal for entitlement to total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed as moot because the Veteran remains fully employed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of Crohn’s disease are 'pronounced' and warrant a 100 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 7323, which includes daily diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever, fluctuating weight, occasional inability to hold leaks, loose and occasionally bloody stools, abdominal pain, and need for unscheduled breaks due to diarrhea.
- Claimed conditions
- Crohn’s disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18152122
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for Crohn’s disease, finding that his current disability is related to his active service and/or secondary to his service-connected PTSD. The decision also grants service connection for gastrointestinal disorder, including irritable bowel syndrome.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for Crohn’s disease has been reopened. The case is remanded to obtain an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of her Crohn’s disease and whether it was aggravated by her service-connected autoimmune thyroiditis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the need for further medical development and opinion regarding the relationship between his conditions and military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted an initial rating of 60 percent for the Veteran's Crohn’s disease with GERD, finding that his symptoms would more nearly approximate severe with numerous attacks a year and malnutrition during remissions.
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