GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining private medical records relevant to the Veteran's claims.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to obtain the Veteran's complete service personnel records and verify any potentially qualifying periods of service.

The Board remands all service connection issues and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating greater than 10 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as there was no evidence of symptoms productive of considerable or severe impairment of health.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), effective February 1, 2023.

The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in a May 2023 rating decision granting service connection for tinnitus, GERD and bilateral lower extremity neuropathy.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for GERD with Barrett's esophagitis, finding that the Veteran's symptoms met the criteria for considerable impairment of health.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but remanded the claims for diabetes mellitus and bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran withdrew her appeals for service connection for IBS, a headache disability, GERD, a sleep disorder, and urinary incontinence.

The Board denied all claims for increased ratings, except for sinusitis which was granted a higher rating.

The Board granted service connection for GERD as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and bilateral tinnitus based on credible medical evidence.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for GERD, denied service connection for a cervical spine disability and a lumbar spine disability, and remanded the claim for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, a rating of 50 percent for migraines, and a rating of 30 percent for GERD.

The Veteran's GERD was granted a 30 percent rating, effective January 16, 2020.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for Conn's syndrome, GERD, and headaches to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the January 2024 rating decision on appeal.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension, GERD and hiatal hernia, and tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a temporomandibular joint condition, and tension headaches due to an incomplete record and the need for additional medical opinions.

The Board granted the Appellant's eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits from the grant of service connection for GERD and OSA, but denied it for tinnitus.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and sleep apnea, and the Board dismissed these claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for specially adapted housing grant as he does not have a permanent and total disability due to disorders that involve both lower extremities affecting balance or propulsion, which precludes locomotion without assistive devices.