diff --git a/app/services/imports/variable_definitions_service.rb b/app/services/imports/variable_definitions_service.rb
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+++ b/app/services/imports/variable_definitions_service.rb
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+require "csv"
+
+module Imports
+  class VariableDefinitionsService
+    attr_reader :path, :count
+
+    def initialize(path:)
+      @path = path
+      @count = 0
+    end
+
+    def call
+      files = Dir.glob(File.join(@path, "*.csv"))
+      files.each do |file|
+        process_file(file)
+      end
+    end
+
+  private
+
+    def process_file(file)
+      file_name = File.basename(file, ".csv")
+      parsed_file_name = file_name.split("_")
+      log_type = parsed_file_name[0]
+      year = "20#{parsed_file_name[2]}".to_i
+
+      records_added = 0
+
+      CSV.foreach(file) do |row|
+        next if row.empty?
+
+        variable = row[0].downcase
+        definition = row[1..].join(",")
+        next if variable.nil? || definition.nil?
+
+        existing_record = CsvVariableDefinition.find_by(variable: variable.strip, definition: definition.strip, log_type:)
+
+        if existing_record.nil?
+          CsvVariableDefinition.create!(
+            variable: variable.strip,
+            definition: definition.strip,
+            log_type:,
+            year:,
+          )
+          records_added += 1
+        end
+      end
+
+      Rails.logger.debug "Added #{records_added} variable/definition records for file: #{file_name}. Duplicates excluded."
+      @count += records_added
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/log_variable_definitions.rake b/lib/tasks/log_variable_definitions.rake
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+++ b/lib/tasks/log_variable_definitions.rake
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+namespace :data_import do
+  desc "Add CsvVariableDefinition records for each file in the specified directory"
+  task :add_variable_definitions, [:path] => :environment do |_task, args|
+    path = Rails.root.join(args[:path])
+    service = Imports::VariableDefinitionsService.new(path:)
+    service.call
+    Rails.logger.info "CSV Variable Definitions: #{service.count} total records added"
+  end
+end