The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for GERD and reactive airway disease, as well as his TDIU claim due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran needs to be provided with VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his conditions, and a new VA Form 21-8940 should also be completed.
The deciding factor: The claims are remanded because there is not sufficient evidence to decide them without further examination and evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal disease (GERD), Reactive airway disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21042419
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for mild tricuspid regurgitation, bilateral knee strain, and shoulder strains are being remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.,Specifically, the AOJ should obtain a new or addendum medical opinion regarding the etiology of these conditions.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and denied an increased rating for reactive airway disease, while remanding issues related to migraine headaches and restless leg syndrome.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, remanded the back condition and GERD claims for further development, and found insufficient evidence to establish a current disability of hearing loss.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for various conditions as they were duplicative of other appeals.
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