The appeal for service connection for GERD, hypertension, and a right knee disability is remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand required to obtain outstanding VA treatment records and Social Security Administration records, as well as further medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected conditions and his gastrointestinal disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hypertension, disability of the right knee, to include small superior patellar enthesophytes, arthritis, strain, tendonitis, and instability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25057329
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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