The veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a liver disorder is being remanded due to the need for additional records from the Bay Pines VA Medical Center.
The deciding factor: The case requires obtaining more recent medical records before deciding on the reopening of the service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0026129
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases of service connection for an allergy disorder and a liver disorder due to non-compliance with previous remand directives.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee strain and service connection for liver disorder were both denied by the Board.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a liver disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of a liver disability.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a liver disorder and kidney disorder, while remanding claims for cardiomyopathy, right lower extremity disorder, left lower extremity disorder, hypertension, systemic lupus erythematosus, diverticulosis in the sigmoid colon, and left nose scar status post basal cell carcinoma removal.
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