The Veteran was granted a 60 percent rating for GERD, service connection for PTSD with anxiety and depression, and service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of GERD, including dysphagia, pyrosis, regurgitation, substernal pain, vomiting, nausea, weight loss, food impaction, choking, self-neglect in personal care, irritability, paranoia, depressed mood and sleep disturbance, warranted a 60 percent rating. The Veteran's PTSD was related to his in-service stressor, and the erectile dysfunction disability was due to his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with anxiety and depression, Erectile Dysfunction, secondary to service-connected PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25034564
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD with MDD, service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the service-connected condition, and SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance. However, it denied SMC based on housebound status.
- Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent evaluation for the Veteran's GERD, finding that his condition is productive of daily medications to control dysphagia and is otherwise asymptomatic.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent evaluation for tension headaches effective September 13, 2022, but denied earlier effective dates and service connection for various conditions.
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