The Board has granted an initial disability evaluation of 30 percent for hiatal hernia with GERD, effective March 5, 1993. The veteran's indigestion is not due to an undiagnosed illness and was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's hiatal hernia with GERD has been productive of symptoms such as epigastric pain, dysphagia, pyrosis, regurgitation, substernal or arm/shoulder pain, and material weight loss. The preponderance of the evidence supports a 30 percent evaluation for this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0417378
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disease as the evidence did not show symptoms productive of considerable impairment of health.
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