The Board has found additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims of service connection for granulomatous liver disease and renal cysts as secondary to his service-connected Crohn’s disease. The case will be remanded for further examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not provide adequate rationale in their previous opinions, leading to a need for new medical opinions on the etiology of the Veteran's granulomatous liver disease and renal cysts.
- Claimed conditions
- granulomatous liver disease, renal cysts
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19125675
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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