The veteran's claim for increased rating and service connection is being remanded due to incomplete development of the record, including a need for VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records and lack of adequate examination reports are identified as reasons for remanding the case.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative vagotomy and pyloroplasty with hiatal hernia, nocturia, kidney cyst
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0001183
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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