Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and a psychiatric condition, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities and treatment therefor, due to inadequate VA medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The February 2023 VA medical opinion is found to be inadequate because it contains internally inconsistent rationale and does not address whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities aggravated his GERD or psychiatric condition.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), psychiatric condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25021694
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