The Veteran's claim for service connection for an upper-gastrointestinal (GI) disorder is being remanded due to a lack of compliance with the Board's August 2017 remand. The case must be readjudicated after obtaining a supplemental medical opinion regarding whether the GI disorder was aggravated by medication taken for his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The claim was not fully addressed in the previous remands, specifically regarding whether the Veteran's GI disorder was aggravated by medications used to treat his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- upper-gastrointestinal (GI) disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2018
- Citation
- 1807783
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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
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