The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of Crohn’s disease due to new and material evidence. The case is remanded for further development, including a VA examination.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection of Crohn’s disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Crohn’s disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18156759
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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: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for Crohn’s disease, finding that his current disability is related to his active service and/or secondary to his service-connected PTSD. The decision also grants service connection for gastrointestinal disorder, including irritable bowel syndrome.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for Crohn’s disease has been reopened. The case is remanded to obtain an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of her Crohn’s disease and whether it was aggravated by her service-connected autoimmune thyroiditis.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the need for further medical development and opinion regarding the relationship between his conditions and military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an initial rating of 60 percent for the Veteran's Crohn’s disease with GERD, finding that his symptoms would more nearly approximate severe with numerous attacks a year and malnutrition during remissions.
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