The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further development, including an examination to determine if his gastrointestinal complaints are related to or aggravated by his service-connected psychiatric disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that an examination is necessary to determine whether the veteran has a gastrointestinal disorder that is due to or aggravated by his service-connected psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal complaints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0812408
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate VA examinations and unclear medical opinions. The Veteran is seeking service connection for Gulf War syndrome, chronic fatigue, sleep disturbances, joint disorders, and gastrointestinal complaints.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claimed sleeping problems, muscle, bone or joint pain of the ankles, back and knees, short-term memory loss, and gastrointestinal complaints are not service-connected as they have been attributed to known clinical diagnoses. The Board finds no nexus between these conditions and his active duty service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran received unauthorized medical expenses at a non-VA facility for gastrointestinal complaints, including vomiting blood. The claims were not submitted within the required 90-day period after discharge from the facility that provided the treatment. As such, payment is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including memory loss, gastrointestinal complaints, headaches, skin disability, chronic fatigue, involuntary movements of the hands and feet, and urinary tract infections, all characterized as undiagnosed illnesses or other medically unexplained chronic multi symptom illnesses.
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