Granted
The Board granted a 60 percent rating for the Veteran's gastrointestinal (GI) disabilities effective May 28, 2013.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's GI disability more nearly approximated symptoms of pain, vomiting, material weight loss, and hematemesis or melena with moderate anemia, or other symptom combinations productive of severe impairment of health.
- Claimed conditions
- irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with lactose intolerance, gastric ulcer, gastritis, duodenal ulcer, viral gastroenteritis, hiatal hernia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25021587
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