The Veteran's claim for service connection for Adie's tonic pupil of the right eye is granted as it is secondary to a service-connected condition. The claim for a compensable rating for hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux is also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the underlying chronic disease process producing Adie's tonic pupil, which is now considered a subsequent manifestation of the left eye's condition. For the hiatal hernia, symptoms such as dysphagia and nausea were found to meet the criteria for a 10% rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Adie's tonic pupil of the right eye, Hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 27, 2013
- Citation
- 1343007
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