The Veteran's IBS with GERD is denied for ratings in excess of the currently assigned ones.
The deciding factor: The criteria for higher ratings were not met as the symptoms did not warrant a rating in excess of the current ones.
- Claimed conditions
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) with GERD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2024
- Citation
- A24084696
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 10, 2022, for the award of service connection for GERD and IBS with GERD based on the PACT Act.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a 30 percent rating for GERD, effective September 15, 2020, but the claim for a higher rating for IBS with GERD from October 4, 2022, was denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for IBS with GERD as the evidence did not show frequent episodes of bowel disturbance with abdominal distress or more or less constant abdominal distress.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with GERD due to the need for a VA examination that describes the Veteran's likely symptoms of GERD in the absence of medication.
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