GERD (acid reflux) decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, remanded the back condition and GERD claims for further development, and found insufficient evidence to establish a current disability of hearing loss.

The Board granted a rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for the Veteran's service-connected GERD based on considerable impairment of health.

The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and readjudicating the claim.

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for GERD from August 29, 2019, to December 19, 2022.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected GERD, finding that his symptoms more closely approximated 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 remands the claims for service connection for OSA, IBS, ED, and GERD to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and allergic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis, but denied service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, left hand disorder, right knee disorder.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, tinnitus, hypertension, a dental and oral disorder, gastroesophageal reflux disease, headaches, a lumbar spine disorder, a cervical spine disorder, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, right wrist disorder, and left wrist disorder.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and obstructive sleep apnea as proximately due to the Veteran's other service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the appeal to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by obtaining an adequate examination that clarifies the severity and frequency of the Veteran's GERD symptoms.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for pansinusitis sinusitis, allergic rhinitis status post septoplasty, hiatal hernia with GERD symptoms, and tinnitus.

The appeals for entitlement to service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and herpes were dismissed due to untimely notice of disagreement. The appeal for urinary incontinence was remanded for a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for COPD, GERD, hypertension, heart condition (including tachycardia and chest pain), and liver condition as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active duty training.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for GERD with a hiatal hernia, allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, and asthma.

The Board denied service connection for GERD and left knee strain, finding no evidence that these conditions began during active duty or were otherwise related to an in-service injury. The Board also remanded the matter of a higher rating for narcolepsy due to insufficient medical evidence.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal for service connection for various conditions due to a failure to file a timely notice of disagreement with an AOJ decision from January 2019.

The appeal for the issues of service connection for various conditions and TDIU was dismissed due to the lack of new and relevant evidence within one year of the final legacy rating decisions.

The appeal for service connection for bladder cancer, progressive supra nuclear palsy, diabetes mellitus type II, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board remands the case for a VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected GERD.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with hiatal hernia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), duodenitis, esophagitis, gastritis, and H. Pylori, allergic rhinitis, and urticaria to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.