Gray stripe across screen

I have an Ipad 3. I bought this 2-3years ago and this was working great until yesterday. All of the sudden, I noticed a flickering gray/white strip across the screen. It did not go away despite turning off the Ipad and restarting and resetting.
Is this a hardware issue and shoudl I take this to my local Apple store or is there something else I can try.
Thanks.

Sounds like a hardware issue which can not be corrected by anything other than a trip to the store for a replacement.

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Hi,
Is this the link you are looking for?
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