The Veteran's claim for service connection for acid peptic disease, including on a secondary basis to his service-connected COPD and/or PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development.
The deciding factor: Additional medical examination is needed to determine if the Veteran's acid peptic disease is related to military service or aggravated by service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- acid peptic disease, peptic ulcers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2018
- Citation
- 1825017
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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: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for various disabilities, including a gastrointestinal disability, lower extremity neuropathy, peptic ulcers, rhinitis, sinusitis, and alcohol abuse disorder, due to duty to assist errors and other considerations.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for a stomach disability, including GERD and peptic ulcers, is granted due to the evidence being at least evenly balanced in favor of the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is remanded due to a need for additional medical opinions regarding the diagnosis and causation of his claimed conditions.
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