Partly granted
The Board denied a higher disability rating for the Veteran's hiatal hernia with GERD and remanded the claim for service connection for essential thrombocythemia.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not meet the criteria for a 30 percent rating due to his symptoms being less severe, while the remand was necessary to obtain an adequate VA opinion regarding the etiology of the essential thrombocythemia in relation to service exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), essential thrombocythemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098185
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