The Board remands the claim for service connection for GERD to obtain additional medical opinions addressing the Veteran's symptoms and conceded toxic risk exposure activities.
The deciding factor: The November 2024 VA medical opinion was found inadequate due to its failure to consider the Veteran's reports of symptom onset following her 2009 deployment and her conceded TERAs, necessitating a new opinion for direct service connection. Additionally, an opinion addressing secondary service connection for GERD related to the Veteran's use of medication for service-connected disabilities and a psychiatric disability is required.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25105141
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