GERD (acid reflux) Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and gastroesophageal reflux disease, both found to be proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a higher rating for GERD to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring a new VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder, while denying service connection for hypertension, a left arm disability, a left lower extremity neurological disability, a right lower extremity neurological disability, and left knee pain. The Board also granted ratings of 70%, 10%, and 30% for posttraumatic stress disorder with unspecified depressive disorder, dry eye syndrome, and gastroesophageal reflux disease with irritable bowel syndrome, respectively.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent evaluation for the service-connected psychiatric disability, but remanded the claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The Board remands the claim for an initial evaluation more than 10 percent for service-connected GERD due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for ulcerative colitis with GERD to obtain a medical opinion that discounts the beneficial effects of medication.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and heart condition (also claimed hypertension), both secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder, for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD, migraines, vertigo, and HPV as a pre-decisional duty to assist error was identified.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for service-connected asthma and denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for allergic rhinitis, while remanding the claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The Board granted service connection for a left hip disability, GERD, and OSA, and an initial 50 percent rating for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board granted service connection for IBS, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, GERD, sleep apnea, and back disability with a 50% rating for headaches. The claims for chronic fatigue syndrome, knee disabilities, shoulder disabilities, wrist disability, and hand disability were remanded.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a compensable rating for left and right foot heel spurs, and an initial compensable disability rating for GERD and hiatal hernia due to inadequate VA examinations.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection and rating issues related to GERD, ischemic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, TDIU, and DEA.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis, vertigo, a bilateral hip condition and GERD. Service connection was denied for diabetes mellitus type II, left lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to low back sciatica, right lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to low back sciatica, hypertension, an increased rating for knee degenerative arthritis, and a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's current obstructive sleep apnea had its onset during his active-duty service and has continued to the present. The claim for GERD was remanded for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, along with other disabilities, have prevented her from obtaining and maintaining substantial and gainful employment, warranting an award of extraschedular TDIU and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate effective February 17, 2022.

The Board dismissed the issues of service connection for GERD, hepatitis, nausea, a stomach disability, strep throat, and bilateral hearing loss. The remaining issues are remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as a TDIU.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for GERD to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing the Veteran's potential exposure to burn pits and other toxic substances during his Persian Gulf deployment.

The Board denied a compensable rating for chronic bronchitis but granted service connection for a gastrointestinal disability, to include chronic acid reflux, GERD and hernia hiatal, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.