The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for stage III rectal cancer with lower anterior resection to include lactose intolerance and service connection for lactose intolerance as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected condition. The appeal was denied for urinary incontinence and lymphedema.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported extensive leakage and fairly frequent involuntary bowel movements, which warranted a 60 percent rating under the pre-amended Diagnostic Code 7332. Service connection for lactose intolerance as secondary to stage III rectal cancer with lower anterior resection was granted due to its service-connected status since October 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- lymphedema, stage III rectal cancer with lower anterior resection to include lactose intolerance, urinary incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25036483
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,614 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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