The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete examination and lack of compliance with previous instructions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not conduct all tests and studies deemed necessary, leading to insufficient information on the severity of the veteran's service-connected peritoneal adhesions.
- Claimed conditions
- peritoneal adhesions, psychophysiological gastrointestinal reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0835765
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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 Board granted an effective date of August 15, 2011, for the award of service connection for peritoneal adhesions and associated scar of the mid-abdomen but denied earlier effective dates for a seizure disorder and DEA benefits. A rating of 30 percent was also granted for peritoneal adhesions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for peritoneal adhesions with small intestine involvement status post laparotomy was denied. The Board also found that the claim of service connection for renal cyst, as secondary to service-connected peritoneal adhesions, needs further examination and remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's request for an increased rating in excess of 50 percent for her service-connected peritoneal adhesions with IBS was denied. The maximum schedular rating allowed under the applicable diagnostic codes has been awarded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for duodenal ulcer and gastric disorders due to a duty-to-assist error. The Veteran's other gastric disorders are being evaluated, including whether they are proximately due or aggravated by his service-connected duodenal ulcer.
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