The Veteran's recurrent small bowel obstructions are rated at 50 percent, the maximum rating available under DC 7301.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows severe adhesions of the peritoneum with definite partial obstruction shown by X-ray, resulting in frequent and prolonged episodes of severe colic distension, nausea or vomiting following operations with drainage.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent small bowel obstructions, bilateral orchiectomy, residuals of embryonic cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187626
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,990 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
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