Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable disability evaluation for service-connected irritable bowel syndrome due to a change in governing law.
The deciding factor: A new medical examination is required to evaluate the Veteran's IBS symptoms under the revised rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009280
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