The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of chronic gastritis has been granted. The issue of service connection for a right hamstring disability, to include as secondary to the service-connected right knee disabilities, and the issue of entitlement to service connection for a bowel disability have been remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not diagnose the Veteran with any current right hamstring or bowel conditions during the August 2017 examination.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic gastritis, right hamstring disability, bowel disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19101248
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 right ankle, left ankle, and right hamstring disabilities as there was no evidence of a current disability. The claims for right shoulder, OSA, allergic rhinitis, and sinusitis were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for chronic gastritis and a compensable rating for chronic gastritis.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic gastritis, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between the condition and his period of active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for colon and bowel disabilities to obtain a medical opinion addressing whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's service-connected Hodgkin's lymphoma, including chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
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