The veteran seeks a TDIU due to his service-connected gastrointestinal disability. The RO has ordered further examination and additional medical records are needed before the claim can be fully adjudicated.
The deciding factor: Further VA examination is required to determine if the veteran's service-connected disability renders him unemployable without regard to age or non-service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of gastrectomy and vagotomy with schistosomiasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0619283
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Decisions by this judge: 2,642 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0619283.
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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disability (residuals of gastrectomy and vagotomy with schistosomiasis) is sufficient to meet the criteria for a TDIU, as it is rated at 60% disabling. The evidence shows that his service-connected condition significantly impacts his ability to secure and maintain employment.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased disability rating and a temporary total rating due to lack of evidence supporting an extraschedular evaluation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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