The Veteran's radiation proctitis is currently rated as non-compensable under Diagnostic Code 7319. The Board finds the current rating does not adequately reflect his symptoms and remands for a new examination to determine an appropriate disability rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner’s report did not fully address the relevant rating criteria for the Veteran's rectal disorder, necessitating further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Radiation proctitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19106890
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for bladder cancer and erectile dysfunction, as well as radiation proctitis, rectitis, and cystitis, anal stricture, worsened anal fissures, and chronic anal fissure, caused by VA care.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of April 25, 2018 for the assignment of a 60 percent rating for radiation proctitis. The evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether the appellant experienced extensive leakage and fairly frequent involuntary bowel movements since that date.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected radiation proctitis is rated at an initial 60 percent, effective from January 1, 2019.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's radiation proctitis has been rated at 30 percent since December 16, 2015. The rating is based on the severity of symptoms including alternating diarrhea and constipation with rectal bleeding.
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