The Board granted a 30 percent rating for IBS with GERD from July 16, 2021.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of diarrhea or alternating diarrhea and constipation, with more or less constant abdominal distress, met the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7319.
- Claimed conditions
- IBS with GERD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25032607
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Decisions by this judge: 1,455 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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