The Board granted a 30 percent rating for ulcerative colitis based on the Veteran's symptoms of abdominal pain related to defecation at least one day per week during the previous three months, along with other symptoms such as change in stool form, mucorrhea, abdominal bloating, and subjective distention.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms fully met the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7319, which required abdominal pain related to defecation at least one day per week during the previous three months with two or more additional symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- ulcerative colitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25058075
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for ulcerative colitis, finding that the Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate moderately severe ulcerative colitis with frequent exacerbations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of ulcerative colitis to address whether it is secondary to a service-connected disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board granted a request to readjudicate the claim of service connection for ulcerative colitis based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded the issue for further development.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a higher initial rating of 100 percent for ulcerative colitis and denied increased ratings for lumbar paraspinal tendonitis, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.
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