The Veteran's GERD is granted with a 10% rating from October 6, 2010. The Board has remanded the claims for service connection of an eye disorder and for increased ratings for lumbar spine strain, left knee patellofemoral syndrome, and right knee patellofemoral syndrome.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's GERD was granted with a 10% rating from October 6, 2010. The Board has remanded the claims due to insufficient opinions regarding service connection for an eye disorder and increased ratings for lumbar spine strain, left knee patellofemoral syndrome, and right knee patellofemoral syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Eye disorder, Lumbar spine strain, Left knee patellofemoral syndrome, Right knee patellofemoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183709
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matters for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and conducting VA examinations.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board denied the claims for an initial compensable rating for left ear sensorineural hearing loss, service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability, and a left eye disorder. However, it granted service connection for a back disability and radiculopathy of both lower extremities as secondary to the back disability.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death, and the request for substitution of claimant upon death was denied.
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