The Board has restored a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected GERD with diverticulitis, effective from January 21, 2014. The reduction in rating was not proper due to insufficient evidence of improvement.
The deciding factor: The reduction in rating was not supported by sufficient evidence of improvement in the Veteran’s impairment under the ordinary conditions of life and work as a result of service-related GERD with diverticulitis.
- Claimed conditions
- GERD with diverticulitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18152804
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