The Board has determined that the VA examinations and opinions are inadequate for rating purposes, and thus remanded to obtain further medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to consider the Veteran's lay statements of record alleging continuity of gastrointestinal symptoms since leaving service and did not address the etiology of the claimed disability of chronic yeast infections.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic epigastric pain, chronic yeast infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2018
- Citation
- 1826880
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic yeast infections as they are not related to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes, type II.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic yeast infections, finding that the Veteran's condition is related to her in-service treatment and symptoms. The decision resolves reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's petition to reopen her previously denied claim for service connection for lupus has been dismissed.,Her appeal for lung cancer service connection has also been dismissed.,The petition to reopen her previously denied claim for scar on abdomen as residual of cesarean section is denied.,Service connection for flat feet is denied.,The Veteran's chronic yeast infections are remanded for further examination and opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for hemorrhoids and remanded the issues of service connection for chronic urinary tract infections and chronic yeast infections due to lack of medical evidence demonstrating continuity of symptoms since service.
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