Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for an additional VA examination to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The examiner's statements appear internally inconsistent, requiring further clarification through an additional examination.
- Claimed conditions
- ventral hernia status post repair with benign fundic polyps
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009609
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