The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with gastritis and esophagitis, resolving reasonable doubt in the veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's GERD with gastritis and esophagitis is related to his active-duty service. With reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran, the criteria for service connection are met.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with gastritis and esophagitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25035654
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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