The Veteran's chronic stomach disability is being remanded for further development to determine if it is related to his service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's gastrointestinal disorder was caused or aggravated by the use of NSAIDs for his back pain.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic stomach disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0936052
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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 claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error and new evidence submitted by the Veteran. The issues include psychiatric disabilities, heart disability, residuals of head and face injury, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), chronic stomach disability, diabetes mellitus type II, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, peripheral neuropathy, prostate cancer, and sleep disorder.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient information provided at the Veteran's hearing and requests for additional National Guard records. The claims will be reconsidered on a direct, presumptive or secondary basis.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining National Guard service records and providing a VA examination to determine the etiology of his nasal fracture and related conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a chronic stomach disability and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
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