Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of hiatal hernia to correct pre-decisional errors and obtain adequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not adequately address whether the Veteran's medications or service-connected disabilities aggravated his hiatal hernia.
- Claimed conditions
- hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25000235
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