Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected GERD. The decision was based on the evidence showing that the veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's GERD has been manifested by two or more symptoms, but not persistently recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation accompanied by substernal or arm or shoulder pain productive of considerable impairment of health.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25004578
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