GERD (acid reflux) Board decisions

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for extraschedular referral for consideration of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected gastritis, hiatal hernia, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied, and multiple claims for service connection were remanded due to missing or unavailable service treatment records.

The Veteran was granted a 50 percent initial rating for her service-connected endometriosis and a 30 percent rating for her gastrointestinal disability, both effective from specific dates in 2018.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from February 1, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for GERD and remanded the claims for service connection for IBS, sinusitis, and an initial compensable rating for rhinitis.

The appeal for service connection for hypertension, blurred vision, GERD, and a higher rating for duodenal ulcer disability was dismissed due to the Veteran's failure to file a timely substantive appeal.

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.