Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of a chronic gastric disability is remanded. The Board will obtain more information about the qualifications of the VA examiner.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative challenged the qualifications of the VA examiner, so the Board needs to verify the examiner's credentials.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic gastric disability, respiratory condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25000943
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