GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for GERD and asthma, to include as due to in-service herbicide exposure or as secondary to a service-connected condition, for additional development.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and a 40 percent rating for fibromyalgia, but denied service connection for hypertension, diverticulitis, and GERD.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, right hand arthritis, right wrist arthritis and CMC, and joint pain (other than right hand, right wrist, and bilateral knees), all claimed as due to the Veteran's Gulf War service.

The Board granted service connection for left hip strain and GERD as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee sprain and right ankle sprain, but denied service connection for bilateral pes planus.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, IBS, migraines, and bilateral plantar fasciitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience, granting a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a higher rating for her service-connected GERD due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded claims for other disabilities due to a pre-decisional error in the duty to assist.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for dry eye syndrome, facial scarring, GERD, and entitlement to individual unemployability.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease associated with posttraumatic stress disorder and tobacco-use disorder.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for high cholesterol, hypertension, insomnia, thyroid disease, GERD, and gout due to an error by the agency of original jurisdiction in failing to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.

The Board granted service connection for GERD and headaches as secondary to an acquired psychiatric disability, but denied service connection for a dental disability, jaw disability, hypertension, and TDIU. An effective date of December 18, 2020, was also granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for spinous fracture C-7, temporomandibular disorder, acid reflux, and carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Board remands the claims for an initial increased disability rating in excess of 50 percent for insomnia disorder with mood disorder and depressive features, and service connection for GERD as secondary to residuals of prostate cancer.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating greater than 10 percent for post-surgical right foot hallux valgus status post (S/P) right bunionectomy and remanded the claim for a rating greater than 10 percent for hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) status post (S/P) Nissen Fundoplication.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD with hiatal hernia and stricture of esophagus and diverticulosis and benign polyps to obtain a more thorough medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for OSA, restless leg syndrome in both lower extremities as secondary to OSA and remanded hypertension and GERD claims.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for cervical spine degenerative arthritis, a separate rating for occipital nerve impingement associated with cervical spine degenerative arthritis, lumbar spine degenerative arthritis, and GERD due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased rating to correct duty-to-assist errors, including failing to provide VA examinations.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the right knee disability and a separate 20 percent rating for instability, while denying an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss.