The Veteran's oral and pharyngeal dysphagia is found to be a symptom of his service-connected GERD with hiatal hernia and Barrett's esophagus, thus service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: Oral and pharyngeal dysphagia was determined to be a symptom of the Veteran's service-connected GERD with hiatal hernia and Barrett's esophagus.
- Claimed conditions
- esophageal stricture, oral and pharyngeal dysphagia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2014
- Citation
- 1452451
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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