GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a digestive disability, to include GERD, as there is no evidence of a medical nexus between the condition and his military service.

The appeal for service connection for a left shoulder condition and sleep disorder condition was dismissed due to procedural defects, while other issues were remanded for further review.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as the evidence supports that his symptoms more closely approximate persistently recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, accompanied by substernal or arm or shoulder pain, productive of considerable impairment of health.

The Board dismissed various duty to assist errors during higher-level review relating to the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disorder, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, GERD, and a back disorder.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor. The remaining claims are remanded.

The Board remands the claims for a recurrent skin disability, sleep disability, respiratory disability, esophageal disability, left ankle disability, gastrointestinal disability, hypertension, and lumbar spine disability to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and an earlier effective date, finding that there was no evidence of current conditions or in-service aggravation to support these claims.

The Board granted service connection for peptic ulcer disease, tinnitus, and GERD as secondary to the peptic ulcer disease. The claims for anemia and left knee strain were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining additional medical opinions and evidence.

The Veteran's service connection for right knee strain was granted, while his claim for bilateral hearing loss and increased rating of PTSD prior to June 19, 2023, were also granted. Other claims were either denied or remanded.

The appeal is remanded to adjudicate the Veteran's claim of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a May 2018 rating decision that discontinued a separate evaluation for GERD and included it in the evaluation of ulcerative colitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic headaches, GERD, and hypertension, secondary to service-connected PTSD, due to deficiencies in the prior VA examination opinions.

The Board granted an effective date for TDIU and SMC from September 1, 2017, but denied earlier effective dates for service connection of various conditions. It also granted a 10% rating for GERD starting July 5, 2016, and other ratings as detailed.

The Veteran's appeal was withdrawn, and all claims were dismissed.

The appeal for service connection for GERD was dismissed due to the untimely submission of a VA Form 10182.

The Board remands the claims for a higher rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia, multilevel cervical spondylosis, left upper extremity radiculopathy, and right upper extremity radiculopathy to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 60 percent for the Veteran's service-connected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) based on symptoms productive of severe impairment of health.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) based on the Veteran's symptoms of epigastric distress, pyrosis, and regurgitation.

The Board granted service connection for IBS and GERD, finding that the evidence was in equipoise regarding their relation to active service.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for GERD was granted, but no earlier effective dates were granted for the other service connection claims.