GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address the Veteran's relevant lay statements and to consider his Persian Gulf veteran status.

The Board granted restoration of the 30% rating for chronic sinusitis, migraine headaches, and dermatitis of earlobes. The claim for a higher rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease with esophagitis and helicobacter pylori was denied.

The Board granted an increased 30 percent evaluation for gastric ulcer, GERD/hiatal hernia, and gastritis from May 23, 2020.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, denied earlier effective dates for the assignment of a separate noncompensable evaluation for right shin splints and grant of service connection for GERD, and denied a compensable rating for GERD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease as it was not shown to be related to their service or any service-connected condition.

The Board granted service connection for right and left ankle disorders, right and left knee disorders, tension headaches, GERD, and a sleep related breathing disorder. A 10 percent rating was also granted for the right third finger chronic soft tissue deformity.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected GERD, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and denied increased ratings and other claims.

The Veteran's irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is granted service connection due to its causal relationship with his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War. The other claims for service connection are remanded for further development.

The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for service-connected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as the Veteran's symptoms did not more nearly approximate persistently recurring epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, accompanied by substernal or arm or shoulder pain, productive of considerable impairment of health.

The appeal for service connection for GERD and migraines was dismissed due to a procedural defect of concurrent election under 38 C.F.R. § 3.2500.

The Board granted a rating of 60 percent for GERD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate the criteria for this rating under the applicable regulation.

The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was dismissed, and several other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the matter for an addendum medical opinion to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's GERD, specifically addressing whether it is related to service or secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hiatal hernia, and Schatzki's ring as there is no evidence to support a causal relationship between these conditions and active service.

The Board granted an effective date of April 26, 2021, but no earlier, for service connection for coronary artery disease and a 30 percent rating from January 30, 2023, for hiatal hernia with Barrett's metaplasia with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), while denying an effective date prior to August 10, 2022, for service connection for hypertension.

The Board remands the case for a pre-adjudicatory error, specifically to obtain missing VA treatment records from April 2020 to September 2023 and an examination regarding voice impairment.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) secondary to a service-connected psychiatric condition, as an adequate medical opinion addressing both causation and aggravation is required.

The Board denied entitlement to an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for GERD, as the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for GERD but denied an initial disability rating greater than 10 percent for right upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the median nerve.