The Board granted an initial disability rating of 60 percent for GERD with IBS, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor based on symptoms including pain, vomiting, material weight loss and hematemesis or melena with moderate anemia.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms satisfied the criteria for a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7346 as his symptoms approximated pain, vomiting, material weight loss and hematemesis or melena with moderate anemia.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25037325
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to obtain an opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's GERD with IBS without the ameliorative effects of medications.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for GERD with IBS and denied a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by obtaining an adequate examination that clarifies the severity and frequency of the Veteran's GERD symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial higher disability rating for GERD with IBS and a compensable rating for urinary frequency to correct a duty to assist error related to notice of the right to a hearing.
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