The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for the service-connected GERD from November 2, 2021.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed considerable impairment of health due to symptoms such as epigastric distress, dysphagia, pyrosis, regurgitation, substernal pain, difficulty sleeping at night due to choking, vitamin deficiencies, coughing, and nausea and vomiting.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with Barrett's esophagus and hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24065590
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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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