The Board remands the claims for an esophageal condition and a bilateral leg disability to afford the Veteran additional examinations with medical opinions based on full consideration of his documented medical history and assertions.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to inadequate medical opinions that were not based on factually accurate predicate information, as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- esophageal condition, bilateral leg disability (claimed as bilateral stress fractures)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24031593
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for an esophageal condition and a hiatal hernia surgery scar, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for an esophageal condition, to include GERD, due to an inadequate VA examination and a need for a new medical opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and headaches, and assigned a 10% rating for right armpit dermatitis. IBS was denied, while claims for other conditions were either denied or remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an esophageal condition, finding it to be a functional gastrointestinal disorder related to Persian Gulf War exposure.
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