The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to address the symptomatology, if any, pertaining to the Veteran's service-connected Barrett's esophagitis.
The deciding factor: The February 2024 VA examiner did not provide findings concerning the symptomatology associated with the Veteran's Barrett's esophagus, making the examination incomplete and necessitating a new one.
- Claimed conditions
- Barrett's esophagitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25024796
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,810 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's Barrett's esophagitis and GERD were granted service connection as they developed during his military service. However, the Veteran's supraventricular arrhythmia, implanted cardiac pacemaker, and sick sinus syndrome were denied as there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's gastrointestinal disability, including hiatal hernia, GERD, and Barrett's esophagitis, is related to his active service. The decision grants service connection for these conditions.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Barrett's esophagitis, GERD, and esophageal carcinoma based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicides during active service in Vietnam.
- Granted
The Veteran's GERD is granted a 30 percent disability rating, as the symptoms more closely approximate persistently recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, reflux, regurgitation, pain accompanied by substernal or arm, sleep disturbances and nausea.
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