The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and records. The Veteran's claim will be readjudicated based on the new evidence.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to the need for clarification of whether the Veteran's symptoms constitute a medically unexplained chronic multisystem illness or are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- hiccups, muscular twitching of the eyes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2014
- Citation
- 1451824
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran's appeals for extensions of time to file Board Appeal requests were denied, and the attempted appeals were dismissed.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA opinion regarding whether the Veteran's hiccups are related to his service-connected GERD condition. The examiner is instructed to address these issues and provide a clear opinion on the relationship between the Veteran's hiccup condition and both his service and his service-connected GERD.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for hiccups as secondary to his service-connected GERD due to conflicting evidence and need for additional examination.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's status post Nissen fundoplication is characterized by symptoms such as pyrosis (heartburn), regurgitation, chronic epigastric distress, pain, hiccups, and dysphagia. The Board finds that a 30 percent rating for this condition is warranted.
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