Granted
The Board granted service connection for GERD, finding it secondary to the veteran's service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuasively supports that the Veteran's diagnosed GERD is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25000324
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