The Veteran's GERD with a hiatal hernia is currently rated as 30 percent disabling.,Service connection for emphysema and OSA are granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the diagnoses of emphysema, OSA, and GERD with a hiatal hernia, all related to active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) with a hiatal hernia, Emphysema, Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2018
- Citation
- 1800072
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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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