The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease associated with posttraumatic stress disorder and tobacco-use disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms, including dysphagia, pyrosis, regurgitation, substernal pain, nausea, vomiting, and sleep disturbances, were found to be productive of considerable impairment of health, warranting a 30 percent rating under the applicable diagnostic criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25047791
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
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- Dismissed
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