The Veteran's service-connected stomach ulcers were rated at 60 percent effective August 2, 2021. The Board found that the increase in severity occurred within a year prior to this rating decision and granted an earlier effective date of August 2, 2020.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms and functional impairment associated with his service-connected stomach ulcers increased in severity in the one-year period prior to the AOJ's receipt of his claim for an increased rating from his private attorney.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach ulcers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2024
- Citation
- A24066477
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Decisions by this judge: 399 · Granted: 41% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination, and a new medical opinion is needed regarding whether the Veteran's gastrointestinal or esophageal disability was caused or aggravated by service or any related conditions.
- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for stomach ulcers and remanded it due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for skin cancer, type II diabetes, hypertension, ulcerative colitis with polyps, stomach ulcers, Barrett's esophagus, and fatty liver to correct duty-to-assist errors.
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