The Veteran's GERD is rated at 10 percent, and the Board has remanded to determine if a higher rating is warranted.,The Veteran seeks service connection for obstructive sleep apnea. The Board has ordered a new VA examination to address whether her sleep apnea is caused by or aggravated by any service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The current evidence does not provide sufficient information to determine if the GERD symptoms warrant a higher rating.,The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea may be related to her service-connected conditions, but further examination and analysis are needed to establish this relationship.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24080963
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected left knee and left ankle conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for Dupuytren's contracture of the left hand, right hand, and GERD is remanded due to inadequate VA examination opinions and failure to consider toxic exposure risk activities during service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected other specified insomnia disorder.
- Denied
The Veteran's GERD is currently rated at 10 percent disabling, but the Board found that his symptoms do not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating.
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