Service connection for GERD has been granted.,The Veteran's claims of service connection for ovarian cyst and hysterectomy are being remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence supports the current diagnosis of GERD, which had its onset in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal Disorder (GERD), Ovarian Cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20028926
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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