The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient compliance with previous directives and needs a new opinion from a gastrointestinal specialist regarding whether the hernia condition is related to service or secondary to GERD.
The deciding factor: The prior VA opinion did not adequately address potential contributing factors such as past surgeries for GERD, and did not consider the continuity of symptoms related to GERD.
- Claimed conditions
- hernia condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2022
- Citation
- 22013005
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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
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- Dismissed
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