The Veteran's service-connected colon disorder, including post-colectomy residuals, is granted at a 60% rating from October 15, 2015, and at a 100% rating beginning July 26, 2023.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed the Veteran's condition more nearly approximated severe symptoms with numerous attacks a year and malnutrition as of July 26, 2023, warranting a 100% rating.
- Claimed conditions
- narcotic induced colonic inertia, large intestine resection with residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2024
- Citation
- 24001152
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 237 · Granted: 39% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations and earlier effective dates related to his service-connected conditions should be remanded for further action.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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