The Board granted a total disability rating based upon unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), on an extraschedular basis, and special monthly compensation (SMC) from April 2, 2009.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's IBS has precluded him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, as its symptoms have caused abdominal distress, constipation, and diarrhea to a degree that make it impossible for him to perform any job for which his education and occupational history would qualify him, given the debilitating effects of these symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25087102
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