The Board has remanded the case to the RO for additional evidentiary and due process development.
The deciding factor: The Board's decision is being remanded because of procedural issues related to the submission of evidence and argument by appellant's attorney.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound residuals of the abdominal region (Muscle Group XIX), gunshot wound residuals of the lumbar region (Muscle Group XX), peritoneal adhesions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0500925
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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 an effective date of August 15, 2011, for the award of service connection for peritoneal adhesions and associated scar of the mid-abdomen but denied earlier effective dates for a seizure disorder and DEA benefits. A rating of 30 percent was also granted for peritoneal adhesions.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction. The Veteran's peritoneal adhesions, GERD, and diverticulitis were granted a 30 percent rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's stomach disorders, including ventral hernia and peritoneal adhesions, are being remanded for further examination to determine if they are related to his service-connected gunshot wound. The rating for the abdominal scars is also being remanded.
- Denied
The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the October 1977 rating decision denying TDIU due to service-connected disabilities, as there was no evidence of material change in the veteran's condition between 1977 and 1996.
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