The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic ulcerative colitis, large intestine removal, and pre-cancerous colon polyps due to new evidence. The cases are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic ulcerative colitis, large intestine removal, pre-cancerous colon polyps
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19118613
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for pre-cancerous colon polyps as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus type 2, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship between the conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for pre-cancerous colon polyps, finding that the evidence does not support a causal link between his in-service exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune and his current condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a need for an opinion on whether the Veteran's pre-cancerous colon polyps were caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of pre-cancerous colon polyps due to contaminated water exposure at Camp Lejeune, as further development is required regarding the competency and adequacy of a previous VA medical opinion.
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