The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine the Veteran's exposure history and whether her current conditions are related to service, including Gulf War service.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records and examination are required to properly assess the Veteran's claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- food allergies, undifferentiated connective tissue disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2012
- Citation
- 1220952
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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: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for undifferentiated connective tissue disease, finding that it is proximately due to her service-connected Hashimoto's thyroiditis and resolving reasonable doubt in her favor.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's food allergies are related to military service, and the Board granted service connection for these conditions. However, due to lack of employment information provided by the Veteran, TDIU prior to May 27, 2022 was denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of immune system malfunction with food allergies due to inadequate medical opinion. The case will be reviewed again after additional development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed immune system malfunction and food allergies, as well as their relationship to service or any service-connected disabilities.
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