The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining outstanding medical records and a new VA opinion addressing the Veteran's contentions regarding service connection.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain additional evidence and address the Veteran's lay assertions regarding the onset of her gastrointestinal symptoms during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Barrett's esophagus, stomach removal surgery with a scar, weight loss disorder secondary to stomach removal surgery, low iron secondary to a weight loss disorder, poor IV vein access secondary to a weight loss disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- 25003282
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,456 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for Barrett's esophagus and a compensable disability rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease has been dismissed as the appellant requested to withdraw his appeals.
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