The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient compliance with its May 2018 expert medical opinion request and a need for additional VA treatment records. The Veteran's ischemic colitis is being evaluated in relation to his service-connected hypertension, but there is no evidence of herbicide exposure or other presumptive conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the claim was remanded due to insufficient compliance with expert medical opinion requests and a need for additional VA treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic colitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19114063
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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
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Granted
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