The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and requests for a signed authorization from Harrison Medical Center.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records prevented a determination on service connection for gallbladder removal.
- Claimed conditions
- gallbladder removal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19181460
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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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