The Veteran is seeking service connection for a gall bladder disability. The VA has not provided an adequate examination and requested additional medical records, including from the Veteran's last medical examination over four years ago.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to provide a thorough examination and obtain updated medical records to determine if there is any link between the Veteran's current gall bladder disability and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- gall bladder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2015
- Citation
- 1503918
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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: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a foot disability, shin splints, atrial fibrillation, bronchial epithelial cells, mixed inflammatory cells, osteoarthrosis, CFS, diverticulitis, gall bladder disability, and cholecystectomy as there was no evidence of current disabilities or that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's skin disability is related to service and granted. The claims for depression, anxiety, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, diabetes mellitus, hemorrhoids, diverticular disability, erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, gall bladder disability, and hernia are denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's skin disability is related to service and granted. The claims for depression, anxiety, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, diabetes mellitus, hemorrhoids, diverticular disability, erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, gall bladder disability, and hernia are denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's skin disability is related to service and granted. The claims for depression, anxiety, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, diabetes mellitus, hemorrhoids, diverticular disability, erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, gall bladder disability, and hernia are denied.
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