The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for GERD, but denied service connection for right knee pain, shortness of breath, and sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's GERD symptoms more nearly approximated persistent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, accompanied by substernal pain, productive of considerable impairment of the Veteran's health, but do not more nearly approximate pain, vomiting, material weight loss and hematemesis or melena with moderate anemia, or other symptom combinations productive of severe impairment of health.
- Claimed conditions
- Allergic rhinitis, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Right knee pain, Disability manifested by shortness of breath, Sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25037644
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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