The Veteran's abdominal condition, including diastasis recti (claimed as a GI condition), is granted secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine condition. A 60 percent rating for chemical pneumonitis with reactive airway disease is granted from November 19, 2015.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's diastasis recti was at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected lumbar spine condition. For chemical pneumonitis with reactive airway disease, post-bronchodilator results showed FEV-1 44-percent predicted and FEV-1/FVC 60-percent predicted.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal condition, chemical pneumonitis with reactive airway disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22000015
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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