The Board has ordered remand of the issues due to inadequate reasons and bases for denying service connection for Crohn's disease and schizophrenia. The Veteran needs to be provided with VA examinations to determine if there is a 50 percent or better probability that his conditions are related to his active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found the reasons and bases for not providing examinations were inadequate given the findings in the service treatment records as well as evidence suggesting current disability existed since service.
- Claimed conditions
- Crohn's disease, schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1022370
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for Crohn's disease and denied service connection for a right knee condition, left knee condition, and low back condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for Crohn's disease to correct duty to assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed alternatively as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder, due to an inadequate VA examiner's opinion and a failure to fulfill the duty to assist in obtaining relevant medical records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an adequate addendum opinion that addresses the June 2021 private medical opinion regarding the Veteran's symptoms related to his service-connected conditions.
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