Granted
The Board granted service connection for GERD, finding it is related to the veteran's service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's lay statements of symptomatology were competent evidence and that a medical opinion from February 2022 provided significant probative weight.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), post-traumatic 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 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004876
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