The Board is remanding the case to obtain additional medical records and review the claim for service connection of a prolapsed rectum. The decision will be determined based on whether new evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim.
The deciding factor: The claim lacks competent evidence that the veteran's current condition is related to his service, but there may be new evidence that could support reopening the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- prolapsed rectum
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0114421
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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 decided to remand the cases for a new VA examination due to significant differences in severity of symptoms between previous examinations and treatment records.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for prolapsed rectum with incontinence is denied as his claim seeks a benefit not provided by law.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected prolapsed rectum, effective from January 1, 2009.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's current spastic colon and prolapsed rectum did not begin during active service or were otherwise related to any incident of service.
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