The veteran's service-connected GERD with esophagitis is productive of considerable impairment of the veteran's health as a result of persistently recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis and regurgitation; severe impairment of health is not shown.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms include persistent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, which warrant a 30 percent rating under the applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with esophagitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 23, 2008
- Citation
- 0817025
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Decisions by this judge: 1,458 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with esophagitis, as the evidence did not show that her disability met or more nearly approximated the criteria required for a 10 percent rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD and a skin condition to correct duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the increased ratings of 70 percent for unspecified depressive disorder, 60 percent for GERD with esophagitis, and service connection for erectile dysfunction.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to outstanding treatment records. The Board requests that the Veteran provide authorization for VA to obtain these records, or submit them directly.
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