The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and an addendum from a VA examiner.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected recurrent gastritis.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent gastritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2015
- Citation
- 1503262
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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 Veteran's service connection claim for recurrent gastritis is granted. The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a recurrent intestinal disability to include ulcerative colitis and IBS, claimed as due to exposure to Persian Gulf War environmental hazards and ionizing radiation.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for recurrent gastritis, as he did not report for a scheduled VA examination. The case is being returned to obtain updated VA treatment records and schedule the Veteran for an examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's recurrent gastritis is currently rated as 20 percent disabling from September 18, 2015 to June 30, 2017. The Board finds that remand is necessary to consider whether a higher rating is warranted for this period.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with anxiety and depression is found to have caused or aggravated his current recurrent gastritis, allowing for the grant of service connection.
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