An initial 10 percent rating is granted for uveitis of the left eye, effective September 16, 2014. A higher rating is denied.,A 30 percent rating is granted for a bowel disorder (including IBS, UC, and GERD) prior to February 21, 2018. A higher rating is denied after that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's uveitis of the left eye resulted in visual impairment warranting a 10 percent rating since September 16, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- uveitis, bowel disorder (including IBS, UC, and GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20036447
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating higher than 30 percent for the Veteran's uveitis with open angle glaucoma and aphakia of the left eye, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hair loss, back pain, depression and anxiety, uveitis, and joint pain as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or a causal relationship to service.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for fibromyalgia, uveitis, and sarcoidosis based on new evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected uveitis with bilateral uveitic glaucoma and bilateral posterior subcapsular cataracts is rated at 60 percent from March 14, 2022. The rating was increased based on documented incapacitating episodes of uveitis.
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