GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board granted an effective date of June 22, 2021 for the grant of service connection for PTSD to include persistent depressive disorder, with anxious distress, mild; and denied earlier effective dates for other claims.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), finding that the Veteran's GERD was aggravated by medication for his service-connected lumbosacral and knee disabilities, and OSA was caused by weight gain due to his service-connected lumbosacral and knee disabilities.

The Board granted a higher disability rating of 30 percent for GERD from August 11, 2018 to August 18, 2023 and denied a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the entire rating period on appeal from August 13, 2018.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD and IBS, to include intestinal symptoms, as no adequate VA examination or medical opinion has been provided.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a traumatic brain injury and an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for diverticulitis with polyp to include GERD associated with anxiety disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for COPD and service connection for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, hypertension, hiatal hernia, gastrointestinal disorder, systemic lupus erythematosus, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, right hip disorder, left hip disorder, and bilateral foot disorder.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for an acquired psychiatric disability, while remanding the claims for pes planus, headaches, GERD, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD and chronic fatigue syndrome to obtain additional evidence, including new VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for high cholesterol, right knee disability, and toenail fungus condition. The claims for a bilateral eye condition, low back disability, left and right lower extremity disabilities, leg muscle spasms, sleep disorder, heart condition, gout, GERD are remanded.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for GERD and remanded the claim for a compensable rating for atypical headaches.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD renders him in need of regular aid and attendance, warranting special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance.

The Board remands the case to afford the Veteran a new VA examination of his GERD, as the examiner did not address all of the symptoms described by the Veteran and the rating does not contemplate the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an ulcer disorder, GERD, and erectile dysfunction as they require further development of the record.

The Board granted service connection for a headache disability and an increased rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for GERD with IBS.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left patellofemoral pain syndrome, applying the benefit of the doubt doctrine.

The Board granted service connection for a gastrointestinal disability, to include GERD and IBS, based on the Veteran's credible assertions of in-service onset and post-service continuity of symptoms.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating for GERD, TDIU, and secondary service connection for anemia and hypertension to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and initial disability ratings for various conditions, including a nerve disability, duodenal ulcer, GERD with Barrett's esophagus, residual right ankle and right knee scars, left ear hearing loss, post traumatic arthritis of the right ankle, right knee strain, and tinnitus.

The Board granted a rating of 60 percent for GERD with hiatal hernia and ulceration, finding the service-connected gastrointestinal disability to be productive of considerable impairment on health.

The Board granted a disability rating of 40 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve and denied an increased rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).