| VA - (4 Mos. Post-Separation) | |||||||
| Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome | 7319 | 10% | Irritable Bowel Syndrome | 7319 | 30% | *20050912 | |
| Other x 2 | 20050912 | ||||||
| Combined: 40% |
| UNFITTING CONDITION | VASRD CODE | RATING |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome | 7319 | 30% |
| COMBINED | 30% |
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00387
The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating determinations is confined to review of medical records and all available evidence for application of theVASRDstandards to the unfitting medical condition at the time of separation. She reported GI symptoms 8 months out of the year. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXPresidentDoD Physical Disability Board of Review
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01695
The MEB forwarded “esophageal reflux, nonulcerative dyspepsia (NUD), IBS, generalized anxiety disorder, and social phobia” to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW SECNAVINST 1850.4E.The PEB adjudicated the IBS (visceral hyperalgesia) condition as unfitting, rated 10% with application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). After due deliberation, the Board consensus was that the preponderance of the evidence with regard to the functional impairment of...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 00168
Flare ups were accompanied by abdominal pain in the right upper and lower quadrants, without identifiable triggers.On examination the CI was noted to be in no distress and the examination of the abdomen was non-tender. The Board undertook a careful review of the treatment records and noted the report of constant abdominal pain in every entry; however, clinical examinations noted no distress during physical exams, and examination of the abdomen was generally reported as normal. Service...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-01029
After due deliberation, considering all of the evidence and mindful of VASRD §4.7 (higher of two evaluations), the Board recommends a disability rating of 10% for the IBS with chronic abdominal pain and diarrhea condition. Any abdominal disability from this condition was appropriately considered as a comprehensive abdominal condition under the CI’s unfitting 7319 abdominal condition discussed above. After due deliberation in consideration of the preponderance of the evidence, the Board...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 00696
The CI was then medically separated. The Board directs attention to its rating recommendationbased on the above evidence.The PEB’s 10% rating was based on a combined 7319 code (IBS) and analogous 7323 code (ulcerative colitis).The VA assigned a 60% ratingunder an analogous 7323 code for Crohn’s disease deemed to be “severe; with numerous attacks a year and malnutrition, the health only fair during remissions.” However, the VA additionally assigned 10% for separately rated irritable bowel...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01788
The bowel and hip conditions, characterized as “irritable bowel syndrome [IBS] with chronic pain and bloating” and “snapping hip syndrome,” were forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW AR 40-501. Snapping Hip Syndrome . The DA Form 2173( Statement of Medical Examination and Duty Status ),dated 14 December 2005, noted complaints of bilateral hip pain during mobilization training in August 2004, with increasing hip pain due to the weight of gear and weight loss.
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00980
The PEB adjudicated “abdominal pain, due to irritable bowel syndrome, with gastritis” and “chronic subjective neck pain status post fusion, without neurologic abnormality, cervical range of motion limited by pain”as unfitting, rated 10% and 10%, respectively, with application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD).The remaining conditions were determined to be not unfitting.The CI made no appeals and was medically separated. The report of medical examination (DD...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01119
CI CONTENTION :“Please consider increasing my disability rating to at least 30% which is more consistent with the VA's initial rating of 30% for my chronic GI illness dated 20020821 (please note, the 30% I received was the maximum allowed rating in code 7325/7319 of the VA's Schedule of Ratings for Irritable Colon Syndrome at the time of my separation.) I'd ask you to also consider my Anxiety Disorder related to general medical condition (VA 30% effective date 20060923) and Recurrent...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01664
The conditions characterized as MEB diagnoses 1)“irritable bowel syndrome”, 2)“stress fracture left tibia and fibular stress reactions with pain”, and 3)“lower abdominal pain and low back pain”, were forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW AR 40-501.No other conditions were submitted by the MEB.ThePEB adjudicatedthe IBS, subsuming the 3rd MEB diagnosis,as unfitting, rated 10% and adjudicated tibial and fibular stress fractures, as unfitting, rated 0%with likely application of...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD 2012 01500
Post-Separation) ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Dysthymic Disorder943310%Generalized Anxiety D/O, Dysthymic D/O, and Panic D/O with Agoraphobia, with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness940050%20071129Generalized Anxiety DisorderCategory 2Panic Disorder w/o AgoraphobiaCategory 2Irritable Bowel Syndrome731910%Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease7319-734610%20071210Gastroesophageal RefluxCategory 2Other x 0 (Not in Scope)Other x 320071210 Combined: 20%Combined:...