The Veteran's Crohn's disease rating was reduced from 60% to 0%, effective March 1, 2018. The Board has restored the 60% rating for Crohn's disease as it is determined that there was actual improvement in the disability level and an improvement in the ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
The deciding factor: The June 2016 VA contract examination did not consider contemporaneous lay and medical evidence, which rendered the reduction decision void ab initio.
- Claimed conditions
- Crohn’s disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 28, 2020
- Citation
- A20016165
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's service connection for Crohn’s disease and bipolar disorder was denied. A 100% disability rating for PTSD with severe inhalant use disorder and moderate cannabis use disorder (also claimed as anxiety/depression) is granted effective August 10, 2010.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for Crohn’s disease as secondary to PTSD should be remanded due to new evidence added by VA.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder is being remanded due to the submission of new evidence that supports his claim.
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