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Gerd And Ibs

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I was just reading on here And noticed that gerd and IBS can only have one combined rating . From what I read my understanding is of the two they give u the higher rating but then u don't get the other rating is this correct understanding ? Thank you for ur time

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That is correct. They are preparing to change the regulations for digestive issues, but I don't think it will change the fact that you get one rating. They are going to change some of the requirements for different percentages.

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You do get separate ratings, but for purposes of the ratings being applied into the combined overall rating, they will take the higher of the two.

Keidan,

There is not an exact rating code for GERD by itself. The VA tends to lump this under hiatal hernia and the ratings vary depending on the severity of the problem:

http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?rgn=div5;node=38:1.0.1.1.5

7346 Hernia hiatal
Symptoms of pain, vomiting, material weight loss and hematemesis or melena with moderate anemia; or other symptom combinations productive of severe impairment of health 60%
Persistently recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, accompanied by substernal or arm or shoulder pain, productive of considerable impairment of health 30%
With two or more of the symptoms for the 30 percent evaluation of less severity 10%

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