The Veteran's GERD is currently rated at 10 percent, but the Board finds that his symptoms do not warrant a higher rating as they are largely controlled by medication and do not result in considerable impairment of health.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms have improved with current treatment, and he does not experience persistent episodes of epigastric distress or severe impairment of health.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 25, 2013
- Citation
- 1309889
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