The Board denied service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as the evidence did not establish a relationship between the Veteran's current condition and her active military service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was denied due to a lack of medical evidence establishing a nexus between the Veteran's in-service symptoms and her current GERD diagnosis, with the VA examiner concluding that the in-service occurrence resolved and there is no generally accepted cause and effect mechanism linking toxin exposure to the development of GERD.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096913
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