Persistent presence of hardened deposits (stones) in the gallbladder that may cause pain and inflammation.
Because the rating turns on the number of documented attacks in the past 12 months, medical records that record each episode are central. Emergency room notes, urgent care visits, or clinic records that capture the date, your reported symptoms of right upper quadrant pain, and accompanying nausea and vomiting each count as clinical documentation of an attack. Imaging reports, laboratory results, and surgical or procedure notes showing that biliary tract strictures required dilation during the past 12 months would support a 30% rating.
Your treating physician's records that consistently note your symptom history over time can help establish the pattern and frequency of attacks. A statement from you describing when attacks occurred, how severe they were, and how they affected your work or daily activities can provide context, but the rating itself rests on clinically documented attacks rather than self-report alone. Records showing you were asymptomatic or had no documented attacks would place the rating at 0%.
Conditions that are often caused or made worse by this one. If you have any of these, they may be claimable as secondary service connection.
