Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD and sleep apnea due to a need for additional VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The November 2024 VA examination reports are inadequate with regard to both direct and secondary theories of entitlement, necessitating new opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085817
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