The VA has developed all necessary evidence for the claim. The veteran's gastrointestinal disability is currently manifested by subjective complaints of epigastric pain, nausea, and episodes of diarrhea at least once per week. Current objective findings do not show symptoms of persistent recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, productive of considerable impairment of health or moderately severe impairment of health due to gastrointestinal symptoms.
The deciding factor: The veteran's clinical disability does not approximate the criteria for a higher evaluation under DC 7304 (gastric ulcer) or DC 7346 (hiatal hernia).
- Claimed conditions
- chronic abdominal pain associated with peptic ulcer disease and/or hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0113758
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