The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a right hip disability and an abdominal disability, to include a gastrointestinal disorder due to inadequacies in the Board's decision. The issues are being remanded for further development including obtaining additional treatment records and scheduling VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The Court found that the Board failed to provide adequate reasons or bases for its decision regarding the Veteran’s service connection claims, specifically noting discrepancies between the facts found by the Board and those discussed in the November 2017 VA medical examination report.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip disability, Abdominal disability, to include a gastrointestinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20037206
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right hip disability due to insufficient evidence regarding its etiology and pathophysiology, as well as the need for an appropriate toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including low back, left hip, right hip, left shoulder, and right shoulder disabilities. The VA examinations did not provide adequate opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.
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