BVA Decisions on GI

37 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving GI — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

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• CAVCCase 20-2118 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2020-02-04
  VA also obtained a thyroid examination;the VA examiner noted that the appellant was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2009 and opined that the condition was not related to the nonst...
• CAVCCase 10-1267 — Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed / Vacated 2010-04-05
  , through counsel,appeals an April 5, 2010,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied the appellant's claims to reopen a previously denied claim for servic...
• CAVCCase 15-3657 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed / Affirmed 2015-05-28
  Finally,the Board denied effective dates earlier than March 5,2009,for the grants of service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus....
• CAVCCase 21-3714 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-04-12
  In his brief,the appellant argued that the Board erred in relying on a medical opinion premised on medical treatises,without addressing the probative value of the opinion in light ...
• CAVCCase 08-0816 — Remanded / Vacated 1953-07-25
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a May 7, 2008,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for bila...
• CAVCCase 22-4895 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-07-11
  A VA examiner in October 2013 concluded that the appellant's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was less likely than not related to service....
• CAVCCase 21-7788 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-08-13
  The RO also denied the petition to reopen the claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and explained that the evidence submitted in connection with the current cla...
• CAVCCase 24-293 — Remanded 2025-05-30
  Specifically,the Board noted that the appellant reported to have received treatment for all his claim conditions at Munson Army Health Center in Ft....
• CAVCCase 17-1885 — Affirmed 2017-03-21
  5103A(d),the Secretary's duty to assist includes providing a medical examination or obtaining a medical opinion when such an examination or opinion is necessary to make a decision ...
• CAVCCase 04-0584 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed 2009-10-02
  In my opinion he is allergic to certain paints and vapo[r]and these occa[s]ional respiratory symptoms are not related to the exposure of fumes in Gulf War....
• CAVCCase 19-5987 — Affirmed 2019-05-13
  The appellant ,through counsel appeals a May 13, 2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen previousl...
• CAVCCase 04-181 — Vacated / Remanded 2006-03-31
  The appellant, through counsel, appeals an October 8, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) decision that determined that he had not presented new and material evidence t...
• CAVCCase 20-0205 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-10-22
  In October 2017,the Board denied the appellant's claim for an increased disability rating for headaches....
• CAVCCase 07-0764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2007-02-01
  Initially,the Court notes that it lacks jurisdiction over the claims for a skin disorder,bilateral hearing loss,increased ratings for an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pai...
• CAVCCase 17-0035 — Vacated / Remanded 2016-11-25
  The examiner diagnosed the appellant with GERD with a date of diagnosis of 1989,concluding that such disability is less likely than not related to a specific exposure event ....
• CAVCCase 22-3869 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-06-16
  at 2487-88, the Board member explained that the appellant was missing evidence of a nexus,R....
• CAVCCase 21-1135 — Reversed 2021-01-07
  The Board noted that the August 2019 examiner considered the [v]eteran's contentions that he injured his neck while in service and that he still had symptoms....
• CAVCCase 16-1052 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2016-02-10
  4 The Board noted that,at her separation examination,the appellant....
• BVACase 78-144 — Vacated / Remanded 2006-03-31
  had t presented new and material evidence to reopen his previously and finally denied claims the appellant 04-181....
• CAVCCase 11-3455 — Vacated 2004-03-30
  The Board found that an examination with respect to the issue of sleep apnea is not necessary, because there is no competent and credible evidence that the Veteran had sleep apnea ...
• CAVCCase 23-6327 — Unknown 2025-01-31
  For bradycardia,the Board found that the condition did not manifest in service or the 1-year period following service, and it concluded that bradycardia was not attributable to ser...
• CAVCCase 20-7943 — Vacated / Remanded 2020-07-24
  Many of these conditions couldbe service connected on a presumptive,direct,or secondary basis upon demonstration that the veteran served in Vietnam � but the Board failed to adequa...
• CAVCCase 16-3447 — Vacated / Remanded 2016-08-15
  In May 2014,the Board denied service connection for PTSD and remanded the GERD claim....
• CAVCCase 17-4391 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2017-09-19
  hat condition encompassed claims for benefits for all of his cardiovascular conditions and that the Board failed to consider entitlement to benefits for those conditions....
• CAVCCase 19-2158 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-01-10
  To the extent that the Board denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than February 4,2007,for the 50%rating for PTSD,the appellant raises no arguments challenging that deci...
• CAVCCase 11-0200 — Affirmed / Remanded 2010-10-07
  First,she asserts that the Board erred in failing to award her a disability rating in excess of 10%for her hemorrhoid and lumbar spine claims....
• CAVCCase 19-5367 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-04-16
  1 For the reasons that follow, the Court will set aside 1 In the same decision,the Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and a toenail fungus; denied entitlement to an in...
• CAVCCase 15-0540 — Vacated / Remanded 2014-12-09
  In the December 2014 decision here on appeal,the Board found that a disability rating in excess of 30% was not warranted....
• CAVCCase 21-5002 — Remanded / Vacated 2021-04-19
  Whether a medical opinion is adequate is a finding of fact,which this Court reviews under the 'clearly erroneous'standard....
• CAVCCase 21-5701 — Unknown 2021-06-04
  In a March 2 2013 rating decision,a VA regional office (RO) denied service connection for an endocrine system disorder and right knee disorder and found no new and material evidenc...
• CAVCCase 19-0200 — Vacated / Affirmed 2018-09-12
  ,appeals through counsel a September 12,2018,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision finding no new and material evidence sufficient to reopen previously denied claims for servic...
• BVACase 23029996 — Remanded 2023-05-23
  The additional documentation submitted since the September 2009 rating decision is new and material and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim of ser...
• CAVCCase 24-0585 — Unknown 2025-01-22
  November 2023 Board Decision In the November 2023 decision on appeal,the Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability,finding that it did not manifest in service o...
• CAVCCase 17-0743 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2017-01-17
  SCHOELEN, Judge :the appellant , through counsel,appeals a January 17,2017, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied entitlement to service connection fo...
• CAVCCase 21-3782 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-04-14
  Service Connection for Sinusitis In the decision on appeal, the Board denied service connection for sinusitis because the preponderance of the evidence was against finding that the...
• CAVCCase 12-1361 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2012-04-13
  He opined that the appellant's IBS was at least as likely as not related to his gastrointestinal condition in service,but that since his GERD symptoms began well after service,it w...
• CAVCCase 12-0238 — Vacated / Remanded 2011-12-19
  PIETSCH, Judge :the appellant ,appeals through counsel a December 19, 2011,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied him entitlement to an initial disabil...