The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher initial rating and an earlier effective date for service connection of GERD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, and the earliest possible effective date was granted based on his separation from active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal reflux disorder (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090919
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,455 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of GERD and has not had one at any time during the pendency of the claim or recent to the filing of the claim. Therefore, service connection for GERD is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the severity of the Veteran's GERD with IBS prior to October 12, 2018, and from October 12, 2018, to October 8, 2020. The case is also remanded for a determination on whether the Veteran should receive a rating greater than 30 percent for his GERD with IBS as of October 9, 2020.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date than November 12, 2013, for the initial grant of service connection for GERD was denied as there is no evidence of a prior informal or formal claim before that date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for service-connected GERD prior to November 11, 2021, and in excess of 30 percent disabling thereafter is being remanded due to the AOJ not substantially complying with prior remand directives.
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