Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD and migraines to obtain additional medical opinions addressing causation or aggravation by service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors in the June 2023 VA medical opinions, which did not address the theory of aggravation and applied an incorrect standard for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), migraines
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25010236
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