The Board granted a 20 percent rating for colon cancer residuals with colon resection residuals, bowel disturbances, and GERD, and a separate 10 percent rating for GERD. The claim for a compensable rating for colon resection scar residuals was denied.
The deciding factor: The service-connected colon cancer residuals were found to be manifested by chronic constipation and hemorrhoids with bleeding, warranting at least a 20 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7343-7329. The GERD symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- colon cancer residuals, colon resection residuals, bowel disturbances, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), colon resection scar residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25026902
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 918 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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