The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional examinations. The issues include gastrointestinal disorder, ankle disabilities, increased ratings for low back, bilateral knee, and right fifth metacarpal disabilities, and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional medical opinions regarding the relationship between service-connected conditions and new diagnoses or symptoms, as well as the need for a VA examination to assess current disability levels.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic gastrointestinal disorder, bilateral ankle disabilities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19165168
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral ankle disabilities, and bilateral hip disabilities to obtain VA examinations with etiology opinions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a chronic gastrointestinal disorder and remanded the claims for hypertension, esophageal varices, acid reflux disease / GERD, and diabetes mellitus type II.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral ankle, lower leg, neck, and thoracic spine disabilities. The Board will review new evidence to determine if these conditions are related to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's gastrointestinal, respiratory, psychiatric, hearing loss and tinnitus, lumbar spine, shoulder, hand, hip, knee, ankle, and foot disabilities are being remanded for further evaluation due to the complexity of his claims and the need for additional medical opinions.
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