The Veteran's service-connected GERD is rated at 20 percent, effective January 26, 2019. The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected conditions that do not meet the criteria for a TDIU based on their combined effect or individual disability ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal Reflux Disease (GERD), Acquired Bilateral Pes Planus, Cervical Spine Hypertrophic Spondylosis, Degenerative Joint Disease, Lumbar Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 16, 2022
- Citation
- A22023147
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine is remanded due to the inadequacy of the August 2020 VA examination report and the need for current range of motion testing that disregards the ameliorative effects of his medications.
- Denied
The Veteran's GERD was not characterized by symptoms of material weight loss, hematemesis, or melena with moderate anemia; or other symptom combinations productive of severe impairment of health. Therefore, the Veteran is not entitled to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent prior to January 31, 2024 and denied for a rating in excess of 30 percent after that date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection related to degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine, lumbar canal stenosis; right knee condition; left knee condition; right shoulder condition; and neck pain are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for IBS, as it is unclear whether his condition was incurred during service or if it is related to his service-connected GERD.
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