The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a splenectomy, claimed as a missing spleen, is being remanded due to the need for additional records and medical evidence.
The deciding factor: Additional records are needed from the Elgin Air Force Base Hospital and VA medical facilities to support the veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of splenectomy, missing spleen
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0818202
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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: Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for residuals of splenectomy, diabetes mellitus type 2 (diabetes), and neuropathy of the right lower extremity have been denied.,Service connection was not granted for residuals of splenectomy due to lack of evidence of a current disability. Service connection was also denied for diabetes as it was not incurred in service or related to a service-connected condition. The Veteran's neuropathy claim was denied because there is no link between the right ankle injury and the current symptoms.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, anemia, residuals of splenectomy, and immune system disorder (depressed immune system) due to insufficient development. The gynecological claim remains denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete documentation of informed consent forms for the hernia repair procedures. The Veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional substantive development is necessary prior to further appellate review of the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 benefits due to missing consent forms related to the October 2013 and March 2014 hernia repair procedures at a VA medical facility.
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