The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetic neuropathy of both upper extremities and GERD with hiatal hernia to obtain outstanding medical records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to missing private treatment records relevant to the Veteran's claims, which constitute a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetic neuropathy left upper extremity, Diabetic neuropathy right upper extremity, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25049716
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected GERD with hiatal hernia, as there was no evidence of recurrent esophageal stricture(s) causing dysphagia requiring dilation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as a TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD with hiatal hernia as the Veteran's symptoms did not result in considerable impairment of health.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for GERD with hiatal hernia, effective from February 23, 2021.
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