The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a spastic colon, but remands both claims of service connection for prolapsed rectum and dysentery due to lack of current evidence.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted since the last denial indicates that the Veteran may have had a chronic gastrointestinal disorder during service which could be related to his current diagnoses of spastic colon and irritable bowel syndrome, but further examination is needed to determine if these conditions are directly related to service or any other condition.
- Claimed conditions
- spastic colon, prolapsed rectum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0945286
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the onset and relationship of the Veteran's gastrointestinal disabilities to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for a new VA examination due to significant differences in severity of symptoms between previous examinations and treatment records.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected spastic colon with chronic diarrhea is not rated higher than noncompensable due to the lack of abdominal distress, despite frequent bowel disturbances.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome and spastic colon, but denied his claims for obesity as secondary to PTSD and fibrosis of the liver (fatty liver) as secondary to a service-connected disability. The issues have been remanded for further development.
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