The Veteran's lower jaw disability may be related to service, but the stomach and colon disability is secondary to the lower jaw disability. Further development is needed to determine these issues.
The deciding factor: Service connection for a lower jaw disability is granted due to aggravation by service, while service connection for a stomach and colon disability is denied as not being related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- lower jaw disability, stomach and colon disability
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2014
- Citation
- 1405643
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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 decided that the Veteran's stomach and colon disability is secondary to his service-connected lower jaw disability, but needs further clarification from a medical examiner.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to incomplete service records and notification issues. The stomach and colon disability claim is also being deferred until the lower jaw disability claim is resolved.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's lower jaw disability and prostate cancer residuals are granted, with a rating of 20 percent for the latter. The Veteran is also entitled to service connection for his lower jaw disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left lower jaw disability and stomach and colon disability, finding that the pre-existing tumor did not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection due to its rapid growth during service. Service connection was also denied for a stomach and colon disability as secondary to the jaw disability.
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