GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board granted service connection for a headache disorder and assigned a 30 percent rating for GERD, while denying higher ratings for the lumbosacral strain with vertebral fracture, left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection and initial rating of specified conditions, thus they are dismissed.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for the period on appeal prior to November 2, 2023.

The Board denied the request for an extension of time to file an appeal and dismissed the attempted appeal of the June 2022 rating decision denying service connection for left and right knee disabilities and GERD.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected GERD, finding that it manifested as persistently recurring epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, accompanied by substernal, arm, and shoulder pain, productive of considerable impairment of health.

The Veteran's service-connected GERD was granted a rating of 30 percent, and the ratings for his left and right lower extremity radiculopathy were increased to 20 percent from April 25, 2021. The right lower extremity radiculopathy rating was denied an increase from March 3, 2023.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's GERD based on considerable impairment of health due to symptoms such as dysphagia, substernal pain, and sleep disturbance.

The Board denied service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as the evidence did not support a finding that it began during active service or was related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, GERD, and obstructive sleep apnea as they require additional medical evidence to support a determination of whether there is a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for an insomnia disorder as secondary to PTSD and assigned a 50% rating for tension headaches effective March 18, 2019. Other claims were either dismissed or remanded.

The Board granted an initial rating of 60 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) based on the Veteran's symptoms being productive of severe impairment of health.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating for GERD to the AOJ for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's disability, discounting the beneficial effects of his medications.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for GERD with IBS, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease with hiatal hernia and esophagitis with esophageal stricture and Barrett's esophagus (GERD) as the Veteran's GERD has not resulted in symptom combinations that are similar or analogous to symptoms productive of severe impairment of health at any time during the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for right and left hip arthritis with tendonitis, but remanded the claims for sleep apnea, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, bladder disability, upper extremity cervical radiculopathy, knee disabilities, eye disability, ankle disability, GERD, GI disability, and psychiatric disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and a neck disability for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for congestive heart failure, service connection for chronic sinusitis, and service connection for allergic rhinitis. The claims for service connection for a skin condition and GERD were remanded.

The appeal for a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed, and the claims for increased evaluations of GERD and scars post esophagectomy were denied or remanded.

The Board restored the 10 percent rating for cervicitis, denied increased ratings for knee and GERD conditions, and denied an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea with asthma and COPD. The TDIU claim was remanded.