Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a gastrointestinal disability as secondary to medication used to treat the Veteran's service-connected left ankle disability, but denied higher ratings for the left ankle and right shoulder disabilities, and denied a higher rating for tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported granting service connection for the gastrointestinal disability based on its causation by NSAID medications prescribed for the left ankle. However, there was insufficient evidence to support higher ratings for the other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disability (GERD), left ankle disability, right shoulder disability, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021477
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