The Board has remanded the case for further development due to an inadequate VA examination and need for additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed disabilities.
The deciding factor: Further evaluation is needed to determine if any current liver, spleen, or kidney conditions are caused by or aggravated by service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- liver disability, spleen disability, kidney cysts
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2013
- Citation
- 1330995
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a liver disability has been dismissed due to the withdrawal by his attorney prior to the Board making a decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran does not have a current disability for the conditions he is seeking service connection for, and thus denied these claims. The appeal was also remanded for additional examinations related to other disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's liver disability is found to be secondary to his service-connected PTSD and has been granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's liver disability and its relationship to service-connected hepatitis. The case is returned for further development.
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