The Board granted service connection for chronic allergic rhinitis, hiatal hernia with reflux esophagitis and sphincter narrowing/scarring, gastritis, and ulcer disease as secondary to the veteran's service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the veteran's claimed conditions are related to his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis due to allergic reactions, extreme hacking coughs, and damage to the mucosa of the digestive tract resulting from treatment with Streptomycin and PAS in service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic allergic rhinitis, hiatal hernia with reflux esophagitis and sphincter narrowing/scarring, gastritis, ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2008
- Citation
- 0811633
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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