The Board granted an effective date of October 24, 2020, for a 30 percent disability rating for IBS with GERD.
The deciding factor: The medical and lay evidence supports a 30 percent disability rating for IBS with GERD throughout the appeal period, and the Veteran continuously pursued his claim since that date.
- Claimed conditions
- irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25022737
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher disability ratings or service connection for any of the claimed conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, denied increased ratings for irritable bowel syndrome with GERD and allergic rhinitis, and remanded claims for increased ratings for a low back disability and right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an evaluation greater than 30 percent for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for IBS with GERD, a higher rating for PTSD disability, and TDIU. The evidence did not support these claims.
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