The Veteran's service-connected gastrointestinal disability was rated at 20 percent prior to September 8, 2010 and increased to 40 percent from that date. The rating is based on recurrent incapacitating episodes averaging 10 days or more in duration at least four times a year.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experienced recurrent incapacitating episodes of hiatal hernia with symptoms such as pain, vomiting, material weight loss and hematemesis or melena, which warranted the increased rating from September 8, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- Helicobacter pylori infection, duodenitis, gastritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2018
- Citation
- 1819544
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