GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disorder and assigned a 10 percent rating, while denying service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and other gout-related conditions.

The Board remands the claim for a compensable disability rating for service-connected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to obtain an addendum opinion from a VA examiner regarding the severity of the Veteran's GERD absent the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including gastrointestinal disability, GERD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, left and right knee strains, hypertension, and chronic sinusitis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as there was no evidence of a nexus between the condition and his military service or any service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for toenail fungus and GERD to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining a VA examination for both conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches and GERD due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board denied higher initial ratings for GERD and migraine headaches, but granted a 50 percent evaluation for migraine headaches from January 29, 2024.

The appeal for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, hemorrhoids, sinusitis, sclerotic plantar fibroma, and palmoplantar pustulosis is dismissed.

The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for GERD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not more nearly approximate those productive of considerable impairment of health.

The Board granted an effective date of July 30, 2022 for the award of a 50 percent rating for generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder (psychiatric disorder) but denied earlier effective dates for other conditions.

The appeal for an increased rating for GERD and Barrett's esophagitis with history of esophageal cancer was dismissed due to a procedural defect involving concurrent election of review options.

The Board granted a separate disability rating of 30 percent for GERD with Hiatal Hernia, but denied an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for IBS.

The Board granted service connection for a disability manifested by fatigue, due to an undiagnosed illness, and remanded the claims for service connection for a gastrointestinal condition, hiatal hernia, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board restored the 20 percent ratings for thoracolumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy affecting femoral and sciatic nerves, denied service connection for GERD and IBS, and remanded the claim for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for chronic costochondritis and remanded the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 30 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with antral gastritis from November 8, 2016.

The Board denied service connection for hiatal hernia and GERD, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The Board dismissed multiple claims for increased disability ratings and service connection, including those for chronic fatigue syndrome, erectile dysfunction, gastroesophageal reflux disease, headaches, an acquired psychiatric disorder, right hip disability, left hip disability, as well as certain rating issues related to the lumbar spine and radiculopathy.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as there was no evidence showing that the condition had onset during active service or was related to active service.

The Board denied service connection for TBI, RLE radicular pain, sinusitis, and an increased rating for PTSD. The claims for service connection for DM II, ED, headaches, left thumb disability and scar, right thumb, increased ratings for rhinitis, IBS with GERD, and OSA with bronchitis were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claims for increased ratings and additional service connection were remanded.