The Board granted an increased initial rating of 10 percent for GERD with gastritis prior to January 16, 2024, and a 30 percent rating from that date. The claim for service connection for bronchitis was remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms met the criteria for increased ratings based on their severity and frequency, but a higher rating was not warranted due to lack of evidence supporting more severe impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Bronchitis, GERD with gastritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25031078
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,913 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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