GERD (acid reflux) Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, GERD, shoulder, hand, and knee conditions, have rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment prior to September 26, 2025.

The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development and consideration, including obtaining a VA examination to assess the severity of the appellant's GERD without considering the ameliorating effects of medication. The issues are also intertwined with TDIU, which must be addressed as well.

The Veteran's claims for skin cancer, GERD, kidney dysfunction, peripheral artery disease, and heart disorder have been granted. The effective dates are not specified as the decision is remanded.

The Veteran's claims for GERD and hiatal hernia were denied as they are not related to service. The Veteran's depressive disorder was granted a restoration of the disability rating from 40% to 20%.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted for generalized anxiety disorder, tinnitus, left and right neuralgia sciatica, deviated septum, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The cases of left side and right side neuralgia sciatica, deviated septum, and GERD are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining missing service treatment records and personnel records. The Veteran's claim for service connection is also remanded for a medical opinion on whether her service-connected traumatic brain injury aggravated her acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance due to his dementia, which is not service-connected.

The Veteran's GERD, elbow disorders, shoulder disorders, low back disorder, hip conditions, and knee conditions are being remanded for further examination and opinion to address the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for GERD, ED, and migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), bilateral lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, bilateral lower extremity femoral radiculopathy, major depressive disorder with anxious distress (MDD), tinnitus, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

The Board has remanded the case for a fully adequate medical examination addressing the severity of the Veteran's GERD without the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus has been denied due to the lack of evidence showing current tinnitus.,Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea has been withdrawn and dismissed as per the Veteran's request.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for a cervical spine condition, right wrist sprain, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and right arm numbness due to procedural issues.

The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to consider all of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities in its initial decision on SMC based on the need for aid and attendance.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to errors in the duty to assist and insufficient opinions regarding service connection for a gastrointestinal disability. The Veteran's symptoms include epigastric burning, regurgitation, nausea without vomiting, persistently recurrent epigastric distress, reflux, substernal pain, sleep disturbance caused by esophageal reflux, diarrhea, dysphagia, Barrett's esophagus, and esophagitis.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is being remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors and the need for an updated VA examination.

The Board has granted a higher initial rating of 30 percent for GERD, but the issue of service connection for IBS is remanded due to inadequate opinions regarding its secondary nature.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for his service-connected migraine headaches, depressive disorder, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and left knee limitation of flexion. The earliest effective date assigned was February 10, 2024, for migraine headaches.

Service connection is granted for low back and neck disabilities, but denied for eye contusion, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), conjunctivitis, left shoulder disability, and left ring finger disability.,The Veteran's current diagnoses of low back and cervical spine DDD are presumed service connected due to continuity of symptoms since service.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral flatfoot and GERD have been dismissed as they are not addressed in the rating decisions on appeal.,The Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for allergic rhinitis has been denied, with a current 10% rating assigned.