The Board granted a 60 percent initial disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected hiatal hernia with GERD prior to September 22, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s symptoms of atypical chest pain, abdominal pain, vomiting, material weight loss, and other symptom combinations productive of severe impairment of health more closely approximated the criteria for a 60 percent disability rating prior to September 22, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- hiatal hernia, gastroesophageal reflux (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20007589
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.
What you can do next
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