GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board granted earlier effective dates of September 1, 2022, for the grant of service connection for acne, cervical strain, lumbosacral strain, dry eye syndrome, GERD, and bilateral knee patella alta.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent disability rating for service-connected GERD, effective December 7, 2022.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and obstructive sleep apnea due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and denied increased ratings for chronic sinusitis, bilateral plantar fasciitis with heel bone spurs, lumbar strain with IVDS, left knee limitation of flexion, and remanded claims for vertigo.

The Board granted entitlement to TDIU from January 23, 2015 to October 16, 2017 based on the aggregate impact of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluding substantially gainful employment. The Board denied service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), finding the evidence persuasively weighs against any relationship to service or service-connected disabilities.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for hiatal hernia (GERD) and stricture of esophagus (Barrett's esophagus) due to a lack of timely appeal.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected cholelithiasis, status-post cholecystectomy, with GERD.

The Board remands the matter to obtain a medical opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's GERD that discounts any ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder with major depression, pituitary microadenoma benign neoplasm with migraine headaches, and asthma with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with assigned ratings of 70%, 50%, and 30% respectively. The claims for other conditions were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding a link to the Veteran's active-duty service. The claim for GERD was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for GERD to obtain additional medical opinions regarding its etiology, including whether it is related to service or caused/aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected sinusitis.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome and increased the ratings for gastroesophageal reflux disease and migraine headaches. The appeal was dismissed in some cases, and certain issues were remanded.

The Board granted an effective date of May 27, 2021, for the award of separate ratings for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy but denied an earlier effective date for service connection for GERD. The TDIU claim was also denied.

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

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as secondary to the service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The veteran withdrew appeals for service connection and rating issues, resulting in the dismissal of all claims.

The Board denied service connection for adenocarcinoma, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's in-service vaccination and his current condition.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and GERD based on the evidence supporting a nexus to in-service noise exposure.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and denied initial ratings for several disabilities, while granting a 30% rating for the left foot disability and a 40% rating for the back disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, as well as remanded certain issues for further consideration.