The Board granted service connection for cervicalgia and a 10 percent rating for GERD prior to December 16, 2019, but denied an extraschedular rating for GERD as of that date and increased ratings for right knee and right ankle disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were not severe enough to warrant higher ratings or an extraschedular rating, and the cervicalgia was found to be secondary to his service-connected shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- cervicalgia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), right knee disability, right ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24001433
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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