Education · 38 CFR § 4.114 · Digestive system · not your rating · we do not file
Celiac disease VA rating (DC 7355)
VA rates celiac disease under diagnostic code 7355 in 38 CFR § 4.114. The rule book lists 30%, 50%, and 80%. Below: each level in plain English, then the exact words.
Rule-book name: Celiac disease. Last checked against eCFR on 2026-10-10 (eCFR issue 2026-08-27). Official text: 38 CFR § 4.114 on eCFR.
Each rating level in plain English
- 80%: The published words look at: needing help to get through daily life; pain, and what it stops you from doing; food or liquid going into the lungs, or losing weight; and bowel problems like diarrhea, constipation, or accidents.
- 50%: The published words look at: bowel problems like diarrhea, constipation, or accidents.
- 30%: The published words look at: bowel problems like diarrhea, constipation, or accidents.
Plain words come from our reading aid for the published words. They never add a symptom. The quotes below are the rule.
Exact words in 38 CFR § 4.114
80% · “Malabsorption syndrome with weakness which interferes with activities of daily living; and weight loss resulting in wasting and nutritional deficiencies; and with systemic manifestations including but not limited to, weakness and fatigue, dermatitis, lymph node enlargement, hypocalcemia, low vitamin levels; and anemia related to malabsorption; and episodes of abdominal pain and diarrhea due to lactase deficiency or pancreatic insufficiency”
50% · “Malabsorption syndrome with chronic diarrhea managed by medically-prescribed dietary intervention such as prescribed gluten-free diet, with nutritional deficiencies due to lactase and pancreatic insufficiency; and with systemic manifestations including, but not limited to, weakness and fatigue, dermatitis, lymph node enlargement, hypocalcemia, low vitamin levels, or atrophy of the inner intestinal lining shown on biopsy”
30% · “Malabsorption syndrome with chronic diarrhea managed by medically-prescribed dietary intervention such as prescribed gluten-free diet; and without nutritional deficiencies”
Notes printed with this code
“Note (1): An appropriate serum antibody test or endoscopy with biopsy must confirm the diagnosis.”
“Note (2): For evaluation of celiac disease with the predominant disability of malabsorption, use the greater evaluation between DC 7328 or celiac disease under DC 7355.”
What records usually show this
VA reads these things from your records: service treatment records, VA and private treatment records, and the VA claim exam (C&P exam). The published words on this page talk about:
- Needing help to get through daily life: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- Pain, and what it stops you from doing: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- Food or liquid going into the lungs, or losing weight: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- Bowel problems like diarrhea, constipation, or accidents: usually found in treatment notes, prescriptions, or a log you kept that show how often, when those records exist.
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Common questions
What percentages does the VA rating schedule list for Celiac disease (DC 7355)?
38 CFR § 4.114 lists 30%, 50%, and 80% for diagnostic code 7355. VA decides which line fits from the evidence. This page is not your rating.
Where do these words come from?
They are quoted from the public eCFR copy of 38 CFR § 4.114, last checked 2026-10-10. The official page is linked on this page so you can check every word.
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