The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining records of private treatment and conducting examinations to assess the Veteran's hiatal hernia and abdominal scar.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to outstanding records and the need for further medical evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- incisional hernia, hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2016
- Citation
- 1646598
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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
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