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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0945286
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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 case due to insufficient evidence regarding the onset and relationship of the Veteran's gastrointestinal disabilities to service.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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