The Board has determined that the veteran's initial 10 percent rating for dyspepsia is proper and maintained.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show dysphagia or regurgitation, which are required for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 7346.
- Claimed conditions
- dyspepsia, pyrosis, subxiphoid burning, substernal pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 16, 2002
- Citation
- 0210016
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What this means for you
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