The Board has remanded the case for further development, including scheduling a VA examination and obtaining additional medical records. The veteran's claim for an increased rating remains pending.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to ensure all due process requirements are met by scheduling a VA examination and obtaining relevant medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- scarring, duodenal bulb deformity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2007
- Citation
- 0732789
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's initial ratings for kidney cancer and scarring from treatment have been denied as there is no evidence of compensable residual conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), including scarring, is remanded due to incomplete examination reports.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial rating greater than 0 percent for pseudofolliculitis is remanded due to inadequate examination and failure to consider new evidence.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for scarring was dismissed due to a procedural error.
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