The deciding factor: The veteran's GERD causes daily regurgitation and non-radiating epigastric pain, as well as pyrosis and dysphagia with occasional nausea and vomiting, but does not cause anemia, hematemesis, nausea, or melena with severely impaired health.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"bilateral wrist crepitus/carpal tunnel syndrome","issue":null,"disposition":null,"service_connection_theory":null,"exposure_basis":null,"is_pact_act":false}, {"condition_name":"bilateral patellofemoral syndrome","issue":null,"disposition":null,"service_connection_theory":null,"exposure_basis":null,"is_pact_act":false}, {"condition_name":"gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with hiatal hernia","issue":["entitlement to an initial rating higher than 10 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia"],"disposition":"granted","service_connection_theory":"direct","exposure_basis":null,"is_pact_act":false}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0605791
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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