The Board granted service connection for gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD) on a direct basis, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether GERD had onset during active duty service, and reasonable doubt was resolved in the Veteran's favor.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110208
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the failure to schedule VA examinations related to his claimed disabilities. The Board finds that there was a pre-decisional error in not ensuring proper communication with the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error regarding the Veteran's gastrointestinal conditions, including GERD. The Veteran needs to be examined for his claimed GERD condition.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for adjustment/mood disorder, gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD), left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and neurogenic bladder disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for service-connected GERD and a 10 percent rating, but no higher, for hypertension.
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