Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for esophagitis and a kidney disability to the AOJ for additional development.
The deciding factor: Further medical opinions are needed regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions, specifically whether they were caused or aggravated by his service-connected hepatitis B with gastritis.
- Claimed conditions
- esophagitis, kidney disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25001531
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