The Veteran's service connection claim for TBI and IBS was granted, with the rating for IBS being set at 30 percent. The claims for low back disability, right ankle disability, and skin disability of the right foot are remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran has current residuals from a TBI sustained during service, leading to grant of service connection. For IBS, the rating was granted based on severe symptoms such as diarrhea occurring four times daily.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Low Back Disability, Right Ankle Disability, Skin Disability of the Right Foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19115953
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), as the Veteran's symptoms most nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of September 2, 2020, for the grant of service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but denied a higher initial rating and TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as there was no competent or credible evidence of a current diagnosis during the appellate period.
- Granted
The Veteran's effective date for the award of a 100 percent rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder moderate and TBI was granted as of October 22, 2019.
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