Granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's GERD symptoms more nearly approximated the criteria for a 30 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 7346, including dysphagia, pyrosis, reflux, regurgitation, substernal pain, and sleep disturbance, nausea and vomiting four or more times per year.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106468
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