The Veteran's gastritis, gastroenteritis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease are granted as service-connected. The Veteran's tension headaches are granted an initial evaluation of 50 percent effective July 16, 2009.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the Veteran had a current diagnosis of GERD with onset in bootcamp and further worsened during deployment, which is considered service connected due to medication use for tension headaches. The Veteran's tension headaches are characterized by very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- gastritis, gastroenteritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20072360
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a rating of 60 percent from January 27, 2016 to July 7, 2022 for the Veteran's duodenal ulcer, duodenitis, gastritis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but denied service connection for irritable bowel syndrome. The Board also denied an increased rating for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric condition.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including tension headaches, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and a bilateral hearing loss disability. The Board also denied an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's headache disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for tension headaches, alternatively diagnosed as migraine headaches, finding that the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in 2 months over the last several months.
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