GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board denied increased ratings for tension headaches with migraine variants and lumbosacral strain with retrolisthesis, compression fracture L1 and degenerative disc disease, but granted a 20 percent rating for left ankle tendonitis status post fracture. The Board also granted service connection for a left knee disorder as secondary to the service-connected conditions and for gastroesophageal reflux disease and cervical spine disorder.

The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), finding that the evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's GERD more nearly approximated recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, accompanied by substernal pain, and other symptoms productive of severe impairment of health without the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease as the symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this claim.

The Board denied service connection for acne, GERD, left Achilles tendonitis, and sleep apnea as there was no evidence of a current disability or a link to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and denied higher ratings for various service-connected conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome, headache, shoulder disability, allergic rhinitis, tremors, dermatitis, and scars.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and tension headaches based on in-service onset.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for GERD, to include as secondary to PTSD with TBI.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) under the PACT Act, but remanded the claim for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD).

The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) based on the Veteran's symptoms of pain, vomiting, and other symptom combinations productive of severe impairment of health.

The Board granted service connection for GERD and IBS based on aggravation by the Veteran's service-connected hypertension. The claims for peripheral neuropathy in both upper and lower extremities were remanded due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) during a Board hearing.

The appeal was partially denied and partially remanded, with some claims granted and others denied.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for GERD prior to December 29, 2014, as the Veteran's symptoms did not meet or approximate having two or more symptoms of persistently recurring epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, accompanied by substernal or arm or shoulder pain, nor were they productive of considerable impairment of health.

The Board remands the claims for an effective date prior to December 15, 2016, for gastroesophageal reflux disease, a rating in excess of 10 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease, and service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy due to missing records.

The Board granted an increased disability rating of 60 percent for GERD and a 30 percent rating for chronic pharyngitis, effective from May 3, 2017.

The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions, including vision disability, allergies, and back pain, due to insufficient evidence of toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) at Camp Lejeune.

The Board denied service connection for GERD, pancreatitis, kidney disease, and Barrett's Esophagus as the evidence did not support a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board granted a 70 percent evaluation for PTSD and remanded the issue of service connection for a gastrointestinal disability other than GERD, to include viral gastroenteritis.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 30 percent disability rating for GERD with IBS, as it was determined that there was no factual basis to support an earlier effective date.