The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a VA examination and medical opinion regarding the relationship between the veteran's gastric leiomyoma (with dumping syndrome) and service, to include as secondary to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The NAS Update report on January 23, 2003 determined that there is no presumption of service connection for gastrointestinal diseases including liver toxicity and gastrointestinal tract tumors based on herbicide exposure. The veteran argues that his gastric leiomyoma developed due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- gastric leiomyoma, dumping syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2005
- Citation
- 0506711
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining private treatment records and a clarifying addendum medical opinion on the current severity of the Veteran's post-operative hiatal hernia to include gastroparesis and dumping syndrome with post-prandial hypoglycemia.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for colon cancer and dumping syndrome, finding that the Veteran's conditions are at least as likely as not related to his exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune during military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's dumping syndrome and gastric ulcer are granted a 40 percent rating, effective from July 12, 2010.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for dumping syndrome, finding that there was no evidence of a disease or injury in service and that the current disability is not related to herbicide exposure. The Board also found that a VA examination was not warranted.
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