The veteran's appeal is for an earlier effective date for a grant of a 30 percent evaluation for his service-connected psychogenic gastrointestinal disorder. The case is being remanded to obtain necessary information and evidence.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional development, including obtaining the veteran's treatment records from 1991 onwards and providing notice under the VCAA.
- Claimed conditions
- psychogenic gastrointestinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0420709
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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.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychogenic gastrointestinal disorder and granted it. The claim for service connection of a bilateral eye disorder was not substantiated.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a psychogenic gastrointestinal disorder as it was not related to the veteran's active service or his service-connected schizophrenia.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a scheduling issue for a Travel Board hearing and clarification regarding the veteran's representation.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's diverticulitis was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied his claim for service connection.
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