The Board granted service connection for pancreatic insufficiency, finding a medical nexus between the condition and the Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a positive medical nexus opinion that the claimed pancreatic insufficiency is at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreatic insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25026424
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,893 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for pancreatic insufficiency and a compensable rating for bronchitis, while remanding the claim for service connection for gastritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a need for an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's pancreas disability is at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's residuals of a Whipple procedure and partial removal of the pancreas prior to March 11, 2008 due to lack of evidence supporting a higher rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's pancreatic insufficiency with associated diarrhea, which is considered a direct service connection case, has been granted an initial evaluation of 10 percent.
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