The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for an ulcer disorder due to new and material evidence submitted since the May 1975 rating decision. The case is now remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been submitted, warranting a readjudication of the merits of the claim on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- ulcer disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0406988
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 386 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss but denied service connection for left foot, right foot, left knee, right knee, back, neck, and ulcer disorders.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for an ulcer disorder, GERD, and erectile dysfunction as they require further development of the record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded all of the Veteran's claims due to procedural errors and incomplete records, particularly regarding his service treatment records and potential military environmental exposures.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's ulcer disorder, claimed as duodenal ulcers, is service connected. The evidence shows a history of ulcer symptoms during and after service, with no clear indication of aggravation by service-connected conditions.
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