The Veteran was granted a disability rating of 60 percent from November 4, 2005, to March 30, 2010, for post-gastrectomy syndrome status post-vagotomy and pyloroplasty with peritoneal adhesion and anemia.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated severe symptoms including nausea, chronic abdominal pain, weight loss, hypoglycemic symptoms with malnutrition and anemia as well as pain only partially relieved by standard ulcer therapy, periodic vomiting, recurrent hematemesis, or melena, with manifestations of anemia and weight loss productive of definite impairment of health.
- Claimed conditions
- post-gastrectomy syndrome status post-vagotomy and pyloroplasty with peritoneal adhesion and anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25003474
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