The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating due to incomplete development of evidence, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination. The Veteran is also required to provide information about any medical providers who have treated him.
The deciding factor: The decision was not able to be made without additional facts as there are gaps in the record regarding the current severity of the right shoulder rotator cuff evulsion and whether the gallbladder removal is secondary to his service-connected degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder rotator cuff evulsion, gallbladder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19166714
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for gallbladder, pancreatitis, and gastritis disabilities due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service or any incident therein.
- Granted
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