Va Rating Gastritis

In a November 2004 rating decision the RO increased the rating for gastritis to 10 percent effective March 18 2003.

Va rating gastritis. This post will outline the basics of GERD as well how former service members can obtain service-connection from the VA despite the lack of a disability rating schedule for this condition. I was diagnosed with Gastro often years ago and still have issues on an. 4 Symptoms of gastritis include nausea vomiting belching heartburn loss of appetite abdominal pain dark stools and abdominal indigestion. 30 Recurrent ulcer with incomplete vagotomy.

With symptoms and confirmed diagnosis of alkaline gastritis or of confirmed persisting diarrhea. 5 To diagnose gastritis most physicians use a stool test a blood count test or a gastroscopy blood test. My initial award was for Gastritis which was on my my SMR. In August 2003 the Board remanded the claims for additional action.

And rate dumping syndrome under diagnostic code 7308. That was when the VA awarded SC for gastritis with an evaluation of 0. Ratings under diagnostic code 7346 range from 10 to 60 disabling and depend on the presence and severity of a variety of symptoms. The Digestive System is a network of organs that turn food into nutrients absorbed into the body or waste ejected as feces.

This appeal comes before the Board of Veterans Appeals Board from rating decisions by a Regional Office RO of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs VA. VA will compare your symptomatology to that which is listed in the rating criteria in order to assign a disability evaluation. There are multiple diagnostic codes for the various gastrointestinal conditions that fall under this rating schedule. Sometimes vomiting may include blood or be of a gritty consistency.

The Department of Veterans Affairs VA proposes to amend the portion of the Schedule for Rating Disabilities that addresses the Digestive System. Amoebas are parasites that can infect the gastrointestinal system. Therefore certain coexisting diseases of the digestive system do not lend themselves to distinct and separate disability ratings without violating. Since the Digestive System is fairly extensive the VASRD offers rating options that cover everything from an injury to the lips to the inability to pass waste through the large intestine.

For Gastroenteritis on Friday. This is a very high standard and its unlikely the rating would get reduced. Rate recurrent ulcer following complete vagotomy under diagnostic code 7305 minimum rating 20 percent. The Digestive System is made up of the lips mouth tongue esophagus stomach pancreas liver gall bladder small intestine large intestinecolon rectum and anus.

However when the VA ordered an upper endoscopy exam during my C and P and the results came back as Esophagitis Hiatal Hernia and Gastric ulcer. For a 10 rating a veteran must present with two or more symptoms of the 30 percent evaluation of less severity. Hello I have a CP with an outside Dr. Twenty Year Rule If your disability has been continuously rated at or above a certain rating level for 20 or more years the VA cannot reduce your rating unless it finds the rating was based on fraud.

The minimum rating for moderate stricture of the esophagus is 30. In an October 1996 rating decision the RO continued the noncompensable disability ratings for gastritis and residuals of neck injury. VA Rating for GERD and Hiatal Hernia. There are various diseases of the digestive system which produce a common disability picture characterized by varying degrees of acid reflux abdominal distress or pain anemia and disturbances in nutrition.

VA rates gastrointestinal diseases under 38 CFR 4114 Schedule of Ratings for the Digestive System. The purpose of this change is to incorporate medical advances that have occurred since the last review insert current medical terminology and provide clear criteria. The disability rating for Amebiasis is given a 10 rating if it causes gastric pain cramps distension constipation and diarrhea.