The veteran is seeking increased ratings for her service-connected disabilities and seeks to establish secondary service connection for additional conditions. The case has been remanded due to the need for a hearing.
The deciding factor: The appeal requires further development including scheduling of hearings.
- Claimed conditions
- cystitis, inflammatory bowel disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0844443
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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: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's pulmonary emboli was related to his service, including his inflammatory bowel disease and exposure to ionizing radiation during military service. The decision grants service connection for the cause of death.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder, to include ulcerative colitis, is remanded due to inadequate VA examination and medical opinion. The Board finds that the AOJ failed to obtain an adequate medical examination and direct service connection opinion prior to the initial rating decision on appeal.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a skin disorder, and a sleep disorder, as well as an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for cystitis, due to the need for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for cystitis and perforated diverticulitis, as residuals of prostate cancer treatment, due to a lack of the consent form for salvage radiation treatment in 2007.
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