Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of Barrett's esophagus to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and obtain an adequate secondary service connection opinion and TERA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The AOJ did not provide the Veteran with an adequate secondary service connection opinion or TERA opinion, as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- Barrett's esophagus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008689
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