The Veteran's GERD with hiatal hernia is rated at a 30 percent disability rating, effective from the date of receipt of her claim in October 2010.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence and lay testimony consistently reveal that the Veteran has persistent recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation along with pain in the arm, which more nearly approximates the criteria for a 30 percent rating under DC 7346.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2018
- Citation
- 1800159
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