I filed for hiatal hernia with the VA this is how it was worded " Service connection for Hiatal Hernia; gastroespphageal reflux disease as secondary to the service-connected disability of artherosclerotic heart disease with residuals of coronary artey by grafting".
The question is that one VA Doc said on his Upper G I (visiual) test with the scope said it was possiably CABAG, In wich I am more prong to believe because he seen what he is looking at through the scope. The C&P Doc only did an MRI and a Ultra sound of the stomach area and he said that he didn't find out any thing that is secondary to the By-pass. Is stated in my Medical records that I had heartburn and indiguestion quiet often while in the military. filed Oct 09, denied Jan 2010.
To me after reading an article on the internet it said that most of the time if a person is having a by-pass or open heart surgery. They would normally find it on the post-operation screening of the by-pass, when the Doc. find it the next year after performing the Upper GI scope test?