The appeal of the claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election, while the claim for hypertension was remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's July 2023 notice of disagreement improperly elected a second administrative review option concurrently with his May 2023 supplemental claim. For the hypertension claim, there were pre-decisional duty to assist errors and new evidence regarding toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) that required further development.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hypertension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015683
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