The Board granted a 30 percent rating for GERD with hiatal hernia, finding that the Veteran's symptoms most nearly approximate the criteria for this rating.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms of epigastric distress, dysphagia, pyrosis, reflux, regurgitation, substernal pain, sleep disturbance, and nausea, which occur with considerable frequency, warranted a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7346.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24066016
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
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's GERD with hiatal hernia, resolving any doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and GERD with hiatal hernia, effective from December 5, 2017. The claims for chronic fatigue, herpes simplex, enteritis, and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome were dismissed.
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