Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection of GERD secondary to a service-connected left foot gunshot wound is granted. The Board found that the veteran's GERD was aggravated by his service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Board afforded greater probative weight to a private medical opinion that linked the veteran's NSAID use, prescribed for his service-connected foot injury, to the aggravation of his GERD.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004805
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