The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability is remanded as the VA examinations did not address the effect of his service-connected subtotal gastric resection on his ability to work. Additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling an examination, is required.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim requires a determination of whether his service-connected subtotal gastric resection alone precludes him from securing and following substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience.
- Claimed conditions
- subtotal gastric resection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2001
- Citation
- 0100107
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's subtotal gastric resection does not meet the criteria for a disability evaluation in excess of 40 percent, as his symptoms do not include severe pain only partially relieved by standard ulcer therapy, periodic vomiting, recurrent hematemesis or melena, with manifestations of anemia and weight loss productive of definite impairment of health.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected subtotal gastric resection, currently evaluated at 40 percent. The predominant disability picture is reflected in DC 7308 for evaluation of postgastrectomy syndrome.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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