The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further evaluation of his service-connected chronic esophagitis to determine if a higher initial evaluation is warranted.
The deciding factor: The VA has requested another VA examination due to the lack of current findings and the veteran's statements regarding the severity of his disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic esophagitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2007
- Citation
- 0713933
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a higher rating for chronic esophagitis was dismissed because the veteran withdrew it.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected chronic esophagitis, GERD, and hiatal hernia is rated at a 30 percent disability rating since the award of service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for hiatal hernia, chronic esophagitis, and gastritis (claimed as mouth ulcerations and esophagus ulcerations) because no new and material evidence was submitted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination, which did not consider all relevant evidence of record and may be based on an inaccurate factual premise. The Veteran's gastrointestinal symptoms are alleged to have started shortly after service.
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