The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including verification of the Veteran's service in the Army Reserves and Army National Guard, obtaining medical records from such service, and providing an opinion regarding the etiology of the gastrointestinal disability.
The deciding factor: The examination report is not adequate for adjudication purposes due to the lack of consideration of the Veteran's contention that his claimed disability resulted from stress associated with his service in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disability, peptic ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2010
- Citation
- 1044328
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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
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