Granted
Service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder, including GERD and Barrett's esophagus, is granted due to in-service hazardous environmental exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence sufficient to grant service connection based on direct service connection criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disorder, GERD, Barrett's esophagus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25001264
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