The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for esophageal condition and bilateral leg disability due to service connection, acknowledging exposure at Camp Lejeune. The cases are sent back for further examination with a medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The evidence is insufficient to establish service connection without additional examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- esophageal condition, bilateral leg disability (stress fractures)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24031593
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,135 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on the issues of esophageal condition, right foot condition, headaches, seizure disorder, traumatic brain injury, and hypertension have been dismissed due to withdrawal by the Veteran during a Board hearing. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error, and will need additional medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's esophageal condition is related to his active service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for the issues of entitlement to service connection for anxiety condition and esophageal condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's esophageal condition, including whether it is related to toxic exposure during his Gulf War service and any service-connected disabilities.
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