Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an adequate VA addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's umbilical hernia, as the previous medical opinion was found inadequate.
The deciding factor: The November 2023 VA opinion is inadequate to decide the claim because it relied solely on an absence of evidence in treatment records and failed to address the Veteran's competent reports of continuing abdominal pain with physical activity since service.
- Claimed conditions
- umbilical hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25003167
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