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
- Not verified here — check the original 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 indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19116781.
What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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