The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a videoconference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a videoconference hearing, and this matter must be handled in an expeditious manner as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1714438
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional examinations. The issues of OSA, GERD, high cholesterol, and a bilateral foot disability are all being returned to VA for further review.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for GERD as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus is being remanded due to the need for a more definitive opinion regarding whether the diabetes mellitus aggravated the GERD.
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