Granted
The Veteran is granted a 30 percent evaluation for GERD with IBS, but no higher.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximate persistently recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, accompanied by substernal pain, productive of considerable impairment of health.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009025
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