Granted
The Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder (UDD) caused or aggravated his GERD. The Board granted entitlement to service connection for GERD as secondary to UDD.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion submitted by the Veteran in November 2020 carried great probative value, directly focusing on the contention that his GERD is secondary to his mental health disability.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), unspecified depressive disorder (UDD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008496
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