Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a gastrointestinal disability, to include chronic constipation and chronic abdominal pain, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not providing an adequate examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary as there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not ordering examinations that address the Veteran's symptoms of acid reflux and regurgitation, and whether they are related to service exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic constipation, chronic abdominal pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25019062
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