The Veteran's GERD with Barrett's esophagus is manifested by dysphagia, pyrosis, reflux, sleep disturbances, and substernal pain that is productive of considerable impairment of health. The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experiences persistently recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation accompanied by substernal arm and shoulder pain, which the Board finds to be productive of considerable impairment of health.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with Barrett's esophagus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23024607
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's GERD with Barrett's esophagus has been rated 10 percent from December 23, 2023. The Board is remanding the case to consider the severity of his GERD without considering the ameliorative effects of his medications.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a need for an additional VA examination to discount the ameliorative effects of medication on the Veteran's GERD with Barrett's esophagus.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection of GERD with Barrett's esophagus on a secondary basis to his service-connected back disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for a digestive system disability, characterized as GERD with Barrett's esophagus, due to an inadequate VA examination.
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