The Board has granted service connection for a hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) and found that the veteran's seizure disorder warrants a 10 percent rating. The effective date is not specified as it was already in effect.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on medical evidence linking the current digestive disability to service, while the seizure disorder warranted a 10 percent evaluation given its history of confirmed diagnosis and seizures.
- Claimed conditions
- hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0736912
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Alzheimer's disease, but denied it due to lack of evidence linking the condition to military service. For TDIU from September 25, 2013, the Veteran is deemed unemployable due to his hiatal hernia with GERD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining a new VA medical opinion regarding his hiatal hernia with GERD and scheduling him for a VA examination to determine the current severity level of his service-connected chronic rhinorrhea.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for hiatal hernia with GERD was denied because he failed to report for a VA examination scheduled in connection with his claim.
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