Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of GERD and vertigo, both claimed as secondary to service-connected migraines. The VA will reconsider these claims.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address whether the conditions were aggravated by the service-connected migraines.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (vertigo)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25000655
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