The Board granted service connection for GERD as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, an earlier effective date of March 14, 2022, for left upper extremity radiculopathy, and a 30 percent rating for that condition. The claims for increased ratings and special monthly compensation were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise to establish a nexus between the Veteran's GERD and his service-connected disabilities; an earlier effective date was warranted based on the ITF form received by VA; and the Veteran's radiculopathy more closely approximated moderately incomplete paralysis, warranting a 30 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Left Upper Extremity Radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25098983
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