The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a gastrointestinal examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional development was necessary to address the issues of service connection and etiology as well as to consider all relevant evidence in the claims file.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent abdominal pain, vomiting
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2015
- Citation
- 1540247
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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
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