The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including verifying prior service and adjudicating a claim of service connection for a colon disorder. The veteran's eligibility for nonservice-connected pension benefits will be reconsidered after these issues are resolved.
The deciding factor: The appeal is inextricably intertwined with the pending service connection claim, necessitating its resolution first.
- Claimed conditions
- colon disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2005
- Citation
- 0520165
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a colon disorder to ensure proper notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing before the AOJ is provided.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a colon disorder and heart disorder due to concerns about the adequacy of the toxic exposure risk activity memorandum.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a stomach and colon disorder, finding that his jaw disabilities did not cause or aggravate his current stomach and colon conditions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the service connection claims related to left leg disorder, heart disorder, colon disorder, and bilateral groin disorder (secondary to a heart disorder). The Board dismissed these issues as a result.
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