Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for GERD but granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for trigeminal autonomic cephalgia.
The deciding factor: The persuasive evidence did not establish a nexus between the Veteran's GERD and his active duty or any service-connected disability, while the VA examiner found moderate incomplete paralysis of the fifth cranial nerve (trigeminal) due to trigeminal autonomic cephalgia, warranting a 30 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), trigeminal autonomic cephalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25012447
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