The veteran's claims for service connection for diverticulitis and internal scarring are being remanded due to outstanding medical records, including those from Kaiser Permanente, Charleston Weapons Station Clinic, and Charleston Naval Hospital. A VA examination is needed to determine the relationship between her current conditions and her service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims require additional evidence as there are outstanding medical records that need to be obtained and reviewed.
- Claimed conditions
- diverticulitis, internal scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2005
- Citation
- 0514128
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a colon condition, including as caused by herbicide agent exposure or secondary to his service-connected disabilities, was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of service connection on any basis.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for a compensable rating for chronic diarrhea, service connection for diverticulitis, and service connection for a respiratory system disability to include restrictive lung disease and sleep apnea syndrome have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for diverticulitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension is granted a 10 percent rating.,Service connection for diverticulitis and basal cell carcinoma/skin cancer residuals with scarring are denied.
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