The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for dyspepsia, but no higher, as the Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated considerable impairment of health.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's dyspepsia manifested in persistently recurring epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, accompanied by substernal or arm or shoulder pain, which produced considerable impairment of health.
- Claimed conditions
- dyspepsia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066877
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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