GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of July 25, 2016 for a 30 percent rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease with irritable bowel syndrome is granted.

The Board granted service connection for migraines as secondary to tinnitus, right shoulder degenerative arthritis, and GERD as secondary to the left fifth finger condition. The extraschedular evaluation for the left fifth finger was denied.

The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder disability and granted a 30 percent rating, but not higher, for GERD. Other claims were either denied or remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and gastroesophageal reflux disease due to duty to assist errors, including failure to provide a clear record of toxic exposure risk activities (TERAs) and obtaining necessary medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for GERD with hiatal hernia, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The appeal to establish service connection for an eye disability was remanded.

The Board remands the claim for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to obtain a more thorough medical opinion.

The Board granted a disability evaluation of 60 percent for the Veteran's service-connected GERD, as the evidence demonstrated severe impairment of health due to persistently recurring epigastric distress with pyrosis, regurgitation, and dysphagia.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for psoriasis and gastroesophageal reflux disease due to a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings for her bilateral knee conditions and service connection for GERD to obtain outstanding medical records and a more thorough medical opinion.

The Board remands the case for further action consistent with the terms of a joint motion for partial remand, as the AOJ did not comply with the April 2025 remand directives.

The Board granted service connection for peripheral nervous system pain, to include rheumatoid arthritis, and granted an effective date of October 6, 2014, for the grant of service connection for left calf and left thumb scars. The remaining claims were denied.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for headaches and sinusitis due to an improper concurrent election of multiple review options. The claim for service connection for GERD was remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for GERD, sleep apnea, and chronic constipation as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and active service or a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with chronic dysphagia, as secondary to his service-connected dermatitis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for GERD and an unspecified anxiety disorder with insomnia.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and a bilateral hearing loss disability, while denying increased ratings for several conditions including GERD, right wrist CTS, left wrist CTS, right knee strain, left knee strain, right shin splint with MTSS, and left shin splint with MTSS. The Board also granted separate ratings of 30 percent, 20 percent, 40 percent, and 10 percent for neurological impairment of the right median nerve associated with CTS, lumbar degenerative arthritis with spondylosis, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, respectively.

The Board remands the claims for higher disability ratings for hypertension, GERD, allergic rhinitis, and right knee to correct a duty to assist error.

The veteran was granted a rating of at least 10 percent for left ankle scars and denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD with gastritis, as well as service connection for bilateral hearing loss, back disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, right foot plantar fasciitis, left foot plantar fasciitis, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar degenerative joint disease, remanded the claims for an initial compensable rating for GERD and service connection for asthma.

The Board granted an increased rating of 30 percent for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but remanded the claims for service connection for gastro-esophageal reflux disease, right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and essential tremors.