The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient consideration of the Veteran's gastrointestinal symptoms and whether they constitute a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(a)(2).
The deciding factor: The Board needs an addendum medical opinion to determine if the Veteran’s gastrointestinal symptoms are structural or functional in nature, and whether they constitute a medically unexplained, chronic multi-symptom illness.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome, precancerous mass of the lower intestines, joint pain (other than right knee)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19142838
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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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