The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for ankylosing spondylitis and irritable colon syndrome, but further development is needed before a decision can be made on their merits.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial suggests that the conditions may have first manifested in service, warranting further medical opinion to determine etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- ankylosing spondylitis, irritable colon syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0412590
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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 denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 70 percent rating for PTSD and granted an effective date of May 31, 2004, but no earlier, for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for irritable colon syndrome was withdrawn by the Veteran and is therefore dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for dyspnea as a sign or symptom of an undiagnosed illness involving the respiratory system and denied a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for allergic rhinitis. Several other claims were remanded for further development.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a stomach disability (other than GERD and hiatal hernia), diagnosed as irritable colon syndrome and diverticulitis, based on new and relevant evidence.
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