The veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for his service-connected amebiasis is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records.
The deciding factor: Recent treatment records are necessary to assess the current level of disability and any increase in the veteran's condition.
- Claimed conditions
- amebiasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0409997
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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The Board has reopened the Veteran's previously denied claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction. The appeal is being remanded to obtain updated VA and private treatment records, as well as new VA examinations to evaluate his heart disability, amebiasis, and erectile dysfunction.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining an addendum opinion regarding whether GERD is related to service-connected amebiasis and for consideration of TDIU based on a single disability.
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