The Board has deferred appellate adjudication of the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for service-connected prepyloric ulcer due to the need for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling a VA C&P examination.
The deciding factor: Due process concerns and the interest in ensuring pertinent factual bases are documented in the record demand further development.
- Claimed conditions
- prepyloric ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2005
- Citation
- 0518419
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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
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board finds that the veteran's service-connected prepyloric ulcer has resolved, and his current symptoms are attributable to hiatal hernia, gastritis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). As a result, the veteran does not meet the criteria for a disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent.
- Denied
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