Partly granted
The appeals for rating reductions were dismissed because they were not final decisions. The claim for GERD service connection was remanded due to inadequate examination.
The deciding factor: The Board lacked jurisdiction over the non-final rating reduction decisions and remanded the GERD claim due to a failure in the duty to assist.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), residuals of gall bladder removal (cholecystectomy)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004656
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