Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for a compensable rating for functional dysphagia to obtain an adequate medical examination considering the ameliorative effects of the Veteran's medication and lay statements.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not discuss the ameliorative effects of the Veteran's medication or consider the lay statements, leading to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- functional dysphagia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25006061
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