Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to request an addendum medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on a pre-decisional duty to assist error in the December 2022 VA examination report, which did not reconcile the same symptoms reported at that time and during the October 2023 examination with the diagnosis of GERD made later.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020477
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