Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), but no higher, based on the Veteran's symptoms of dysphagia requiring daily medication and considerable impairment of health.
The deciding factor: The private examination report found that the Veteran had symptoms productive of considerable impairment of health, which warranted a 30 percent rating under the old criteria. The new criteria did not provide additional benefit to the Veteran in this case.
- 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
- A25106594
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