Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for hiatal hernia due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including failure to address in-service heavy lifting and aircraft exhaust exposure.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary to correct a duty to assist error related to the Veteran's lay statements regarding in-service heavy lifting and aircraft exhaust exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096420
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