Post pancreatectomy syndrome

Post pancreatectomy syndrome (diagnostic code 7357) covers disability that follows a total or partial surgical removal of the pancreas. VA does not apply a single fixed rating scale directly to this condition. Instead, VA evaluates it by looking at the ongoing problems the surgery has caused and rating those problems under whichever other diagnostic code best captures your situation — chronic pancreatitis (DC 7347), chronic complications of upper gastrointestinal surgery (DC 7303), malabsorption (DC 7328), diarrhea rated as irritable bowel syndrome (DC 7319) or Crohn's disease or undifferentiated inflammatory bowel disease (DC 7326), or diabetes (DC 7913). VA then assigns the rating that gives you the highest evaluation. Whatever path is used, the rating cannot go below 30%. One additional rule applies: VA will not combine this rating with ratings for most other digestive-system conditions listed in the schedule. If more than one of those codes would otherwise apply, VA assigns a single rating under the code that best reflects the overall disability picture, and may raise it one level if the total severity warrants it.