The Board has granted service connection for a gastroesophageal disorder, claimed as GERD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his in-service gastrointestinal issues.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's current gastrointestinal disorder is at least as likely as not caused by or related to his inservice gastrointestinal symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 4, 2015
- Citation
- 1538110
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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.
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