The Veteran's GERD is rated at 10 percent, and the Board found that his symptoms do not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating as they do not include dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) or considerable impairment of health.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's GERD does not manifest with dysphagia or considerable impairment of health, which are required for a higher disability rating under Diagnostic Code 7346.
- Claimed conditions
- pyrosis, reflux, regurgitation, substernal pain, persistently recurrent epigastric distress, sleep disturbance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22003762
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