GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board denied the claims for an earlier effective date and service connection due to a lack of evidence supporting the Veteran's conditions during the appeal period.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied other claims, including increased ratings for prostate cancer status post prostatectomy with urinary frequency and incontinence, hypertension, robotic prostatectomy with surgical scars, earlier effective dates for service connection, and remanded claims for service connection of migraines and GERD.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and major depressive disorder, moderate (depression and anxiety), granted an increased disability rating of 30 percent for GERD, and denied a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain/thoracic spondylosis and thoracic mild scoliosis.

The Board granted service connection for chronic kidney disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease, both as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected myelodysplastic syndrome with fatigue.

The Board denied the motion for revision, on the basis of clear and unmistakable error, of the January 25, 2021, Rating Decision that assigned an initial 10 percent disability rating for service-connected hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 30 percent from January 23, 2013 for GERD, to include hiatal hernia with esophageal spasms due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remand instructions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to allow VA to obtain additional evidence, including private treatment records and line of duty determinations.

The Board granted the appeal seeking an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for GERD, assigning an effective date of August 16, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine disability and an initial 60 percent rating for GERD, effective October 28, 2021.

The appeal of the proposed reduction in rating is dismissed as it is premature and not properly before the Board for consideration.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was granted a 70 percent rating from September 27, 2019 to August 23, 2021, and the appeal for a rating in excess of 100 percent since August 23, 2021, was dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating greater than 10 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) based on the evidence of record.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's GERD, finding that the symptoms more closely approximate the criteria required for this rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as the evidence did not show considerable impairment of health.

The appeal for entitlement to service connection for GERD is dismissed as the Board granted service connection for this condition in a separately pending appeal.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for GERD, as there was no evidence that a claim for this condition was filed prior to June 21, 2018.

The Board granted a 60 percent rating for the Veteran's GERD, finding that his symptoms more nearly approximated those required for such a rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as the evidence did not support a higher rating.