GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to PTSD and granted special monthly compensation, but denied earlier effective dates for coronary artery disease and an increased evaluation for GERD.

The Veteran was granted a 60 percent rating for GERD, service connection for PTSD with anxiety and depression, and service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) and remanded several other claims, including lumbar spine disorder, bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, bronchitis, pneumonia, and GERD. The appeals for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, insomnia disorder, kidney stones, and increased rating for bilateral hearing loss were dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, erectile dysfunction, and right hip strain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for GERD and ulcers as there is no evidence of an in-service disease, injury, or event that caused the conditions.

The Board granted service connection for GERD as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left shoulder condition, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The appeal for service connection for gastritis and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board granted an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and denied a compensable rating prior to June 22, 2023, for irritable bowel syndrome with gastroesophageal reflux disease. From May 19, 2024, a 30 percent disability rating was granted for irritable bowel syndrome.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral pes planus, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), erectile dysfunction, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a lack of evidence supporting a nexus between the conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD with hiatal hernia as the Veteran's symptoms did not result in considerable impairment of health.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, a psychiatric disorder, and GERD to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for unspecified anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder prior to July 20, 2023, but granted a 30 percent rating for hiatal hernia with GERD and herpes simplex 1 esophagitis.

The Board denied service connection for GERD, diverticulitis, a rating in excess of 60 percent for coronary artery disease with atrial fibrillation, an initial compensable rating for hypertension, and TDIU prior to July 29, 2024.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD prior to April 29, 2021, and granted TDIU based on one service-connected disability (PTSD).

The Board denied service connection for allergic rhinitis, GERD, hypertension, sinusitis, bilateral hearing loss, heart condition, tinnitus, and sleep apnea as there was no evidence of a current disability during the appeal period. The claim for headaches was dismissed as moot.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, obstructive sleep apnea, and increased the ratings for PTSD and bilateral shin splints.

The Board denied service connection for left and right hip disorders, granted an initial rating of 30 percent for asthma, and denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss. The claims for service connection for GERD and TDIU were remanded.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board remands the case to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the August 2023 rating decision.