The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for GERD and service connection for a chronic lung disability as secondary to his service-connected GERD.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that the veteran currently has a chronic lung disability that is proximately due to or caused by his service-connected GERD, nor was there sufficient evidence of frequent hospitalization or marked interference with employment beyond what is contemplated in the schedular standards for GERD.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Esophagitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0309196
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