The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected postoperative gastrectomy syndrome and gastric adenocarcinoma is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling an appropriate VA examination.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to assess the current severity of the Veteran's disabilities, as well as a new VA examination to provide informed opinions on the nature, extent, and severity of his symptoms and impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative gastrectomy syndrome, gastric adenocarcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1519944
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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: Denied
The Board denied service connection for gastric adenocarcinoma, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's condition and his military service, including herbicide exposure.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for gastric adenocarcinoma, finding that the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange during service likely caused his cancer. The decision is based on a private medical opinion and resolves all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for gastric adenocarcinoma, finding that the Veteran's exposure to herbicide Agent Orange during service in Vietnam and contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune likely caused his current condition. The decision is based on a July 2018 private medical opinion from a board-certified cancer surgeon.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, gastric adenocarcinoma, is related to his active-duty service and grants entitlement to service connection for cause of death.
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