The Board has ordered further development in the veteran's case, including obtaining medical records from VA and private sources. The issues of service connection for a gastric ulcer and increased rating for left knee disability are being remanded to allow for additional evidence collection.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as requested by the court to ensure all relevant medical records are obtained before making a determination on the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- gastric ulcer, chondromalacia of the patellae with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0336036
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to a prohibited concurrent election under VA claims processing rules.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these disabilities were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
- Granted
The Board granted the motion for reversal of the May 1959 rating decision that denied service connection for a gastric ulcer based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for a stomach condition, including gastric ulcer and abdominal surgery with colostomy, due to a duty to assist error.
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