The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for gastric antrum/peptic ulcer disease, cause of death (including pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151), and dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 due to new evidence received since the last final rating decision.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence has been submitted, thus reopening the claim for service connection for the cause of death (including pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151). The other claims are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of peptic ulcer disease and the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- gastric antrum/peptic ulcer disease, hepatorenal syndrome, autoimmune hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19188904
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for depression was dismissed as it is subsumed by the already service-connected PTSD. A 50 percent rating for cluster headaches was granted, and a higher rating for autoimmune hepatitis was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, for purposes of entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), as further development is necessary.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for autoimmune hepatitis, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The appeal regarding an initial compensable evaluation for hypertension was dismissed.
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