The Veteran's gallbladder stones and goiter of the thyroid are remanded for further development, including obtaining service treatment records and VA examinations to determine their etiology.
The deciding factor: The claims involve reopening on new evidence and require additional medical examination to establish a link between current conditions and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- gallbladder stones, goiter of the thyroid
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19116781
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,515 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, left knee strain, and gallbladder stones to secure missing SSA records and obtain an adequate medical opinion.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's gallbladder stones and removal first manifested during service, thus granting service connection for this condition.
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