The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 6, 2018 for the 50 percent disability rating for eosinophilic esophagitis but denied a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated severe esophageal stricture requiring liquids only from June 6, 2018, warranting a 50 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Eosinophilic esophagitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25034248
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 719 · Granted: 54% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Veteran's GERD, including eosinophilic esophagitis, is rated at 60 percent due to symptom combinations productive of severe impairment of health.
- Granted
The Veteran's GERD, including eosinophilic esophagitis, is rated at 60 percent due to severe impairment of health resulting from symptoms such as epigastric distress, dysphagia, pyrosis (heartburn), substernal pain, vomiting, nausea, weight loss, melena, food impaction, and choking.
- Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for impaired fasting glucose, ischemic heart disease, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, cataracts, vitreous degeneration, right knee disability, left foot and right foot plantar fasciitis, IBS, diverticulosis, cholelithiasis, inguinal hernia, prostate enlargement, hypertrophy of the prostate, kidney cyst, microscopic hematuria, thick walled bladder, esophagitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, and stricture and stenosis of esophagus have all been denied.,The Veteran's service connection claims are not supported by evidence showing a current disability or a relationship to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further examination and consideration due to inadequacies in previous examinations and new evidence provided by the Veteran.
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