The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's Crohn's disease, with status-post cholecystectomy, chronic cholecystitis, gallstone pancreatitis, and status-post resection of small intestine.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate moderately severe symptoms characterized by frequent exacerbations, warranting a 30 percent disability rating under the old criteria for DC 7323. The new criteria also support this rating as his condition is managed with oral and topical agents and is characterized by recurrent abdominal pain with three or less daily episodes of diarrhea and minimal signs of toxicity such as fever, tachycardia, or anemia.
- Claimed conditions
- Crohn's disease, status-post cholecystectomy, chronic cholecystitis, gallstone pancreatitis, status-post resection of small intestine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25056546
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 46% (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
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