The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient consideration of the Veteran's reports of right lower quadrant pain that persisted until his surgery for cecal cancer, which may be related to service.
The deciding factor: The examiner was unable to provide a definitive opinion without resorting to speculation due to lack of information on the onset and persistence of the pain during service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of ileocecal resection of the colon, status-post cecal carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19143544
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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