The Veteran's service-connected recurrent gastritis is manifested by mild fundal gastritis, which does not warrant a rating greater than the currently assigned 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The current severity of the Veteran's recurrent gastritis does not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher initial rating under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent gastritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2015
- Citation
- 1548654
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