Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of a hiatal hernia is remanded. The Board needs more information to decide if the condition is related to military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not adequately address the Veteran's reports of having an onset of abdominal pain during his military service that continued thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005361
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