The Veteran's service-connected perianal fistula is granted a rating of 60 percent, but not higher. The Veteran's Crohn's Disease and painful scars are also addressed with appropriate ratings.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the current ratings for both conditions based on their severity and impact on the Veteran’s ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- Crohn's Disease, Perianal Fistula
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19106690
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,170 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal of an initial compensable disability rating for Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD).,The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for service-connected vaginal fistulas.,The Board denied entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent prior to May 19, 2024, for service-connected perianal fistula.,The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating as of May 19, 2024, for service-connected perianal fistula.,The Board denied entitlement to service connection for hemorrhoids.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has restored service connection for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and remanded the issue of service connection for Crohn's Disease.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and Crohn's Disease. Service connection for rheumatoid arthritis is denied.,Service connection for hypertension is granted based on presumed exposure to herbicide agents during active service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and initial rating of various conditions, including Crohn's Disease, GERD, left knee disorder, and chronic sinusitis with allergic rhinitis, to obtain additional medical evidence.
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