The Veteran's GI disability is granted a 30 percent rating, but the claim for a higher rating is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows symptoms consistent with a 30 percent rating under DC 7346, but not severe enough to warrant a 60 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal (GI) disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19177739
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,429 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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