The Veteran's claims for service connection for a gastrointestinal disability and an increased rating for PTSD are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and consideration of new evidence.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted, which requires reopening of the Veteran's claims and further examination to determine if there is a current diagnosis related to his service or if it is part of an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal (GI) disability, Undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1754163
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The issues include back disability, OSA, and GI disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient reasons and bases for its findings regarding the severity of the Veteran's gastrointestinal disability prior to May 25, 2022. The case is now pending for further examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected gastrointestinal and bilateral knee disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from February 15, 2013 to September 15, 2016 (excluding November 17, 2015 to February 29, 2016), and from September 16, 2016 to September 20, 2017. The Board granted a TDIU on both an extraschedular and schedular basis for these periods.
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