Granted
The Board grants an initial rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's GERD, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximate persistently recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, accompanied by substernal or arm or shoulder pain, productive of considerable impairment of health without consideration of the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093339
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