The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a new examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has indicated seeing doctors outside of VA for his bowel condition, and there are no records from these providers in the file. Additionally, there has been a change in the Veteran’s condition since the last examination.
- Claimed conditions
- bowel obstruction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19104331
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
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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