Partly granted
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for anxiety due to a concurrent election of review options, denied service connection for GERD, and remanded the claim for lumbosacral strain for further evidence.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the lack of a competent medical nexus between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's active duty service, as well as procedural defects in the appeal process.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), lumbosacral strain, claimed as a low back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103514
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