The Veteran's appeal was denied for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD with Schatzki's rings, as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's GERD with Schatzki's ring resulted in mild to moderate functional limitation but did not result in persistently recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation accompanied by substernal or arm/shoulder pain, productive of considerable impairment of health.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of heat stroke, shin splints, GERD with Schatzki's rings
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1625109
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