GERD (acid reflux) Board decisions

The Veteran's GERD was characterized by the use of daily medications, warranting a 10 percent disability rating from May 19, 2024.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for GERD but remanded the claims for service connection for chronic low back pain and left knee disability.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for all claims, including those related to various disabilities and service connection.

The Board denied an increased rating for CAD, granted a 20 percent rating for painful scars of the anterior upper trunk, and granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension. The claims for increased ratings for GERD and ED were also denied.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and alcohol use disorder, but denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss. The claims for service connection for hypertension, GERD, IBS, and neurological disorders were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine disability, GERD with hiatal hernia, and sleep apnea while denying service connection for hypothyroidism, TMJ, stress headaches, and other conditions. The effective dates for the grants of service connection were not earlier than February 27, 2021.

The Veteran's GERD (claimed as stomach condition), left lower leg sciatic nerve, and right lower leg sciatic nerve were granted increased ratings of 30 percent, 10 percent, and 10 percent respectively from February 19, 2018, to April 22, 2019.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) based on the Veteran's credible assertions and continuity of symptoms since separation from active service.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining a TERA examination and an addendum opinion regarding diabetes mellitus type II, and clarification on the Veteran's pancreatic insufficiency.

The Board denied service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, left foot condition, right foot condition, right elbow condition, sleep apnea, and migraines, to include as secondary to tinnitus. The Veteran is also denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 31, 2020, for the award of service connection for IBS with diverticulosis and GERD but denied a claim to reverse or revise a June 2003 rating decision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease, finding that the Veteran's symptoms most closely approximated this level of disability.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and hypertension, while denying increased ratings for allergic rhinitis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and GERD. The issue of GERD was dismissed as moot.

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 30 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), effective November 18, 2019.

The Board remands the claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 60 percent for service-connected helicobacter pylori and gastritis (nausea) as well as issues related to noninfective gastroenteritis, colitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and a diaphragmatic hernia.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between any of them and the Veteran's active service.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected GERD with diverticulitis, finding that it most closely approximated severe irritable colon syndrome with diarrhea or alternating diarrhea and constipation with more or less constant abdominal distress.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 60 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) based on the evidence showing symptoms productive of severe impairment of health.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, right hand skin disorder, and left hand skin disorder based on presumptive service connection due to the Veteran's Persian Gulf War service.

The Board denied an initial rating higher than 10 percent for service-connected diastolic heart failure, remanded the claims of a compensable rating for hypothyroidism with thyroiditis and a higher rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and found that the Veteran's disability is fully capable of evaluation under the rating schedule.