The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for an updated VA examination and additional treatment records.
The deciding factor: The current evidence does not provide sufficient information to determine the severity of the Veteran's service-connected hypertrophic gastritis, necessitating further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertrophic gastritis, ulcerative esophagitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1754118
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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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