The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's liver disability and its relationship to his service-connected PTSD and alcohol abuse. The appellant is seeking service connection for a liver disability, which may be related to herbicide exposure or secondary to service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to provide adequate medical opinions addressing both causation and aggravation of the Veteran's liver disability due to his service-connected PTSD and alcohol use/abuse.
- Claimed conditions
- liver disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20051598
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a liver disability has been dismissed due to the withdrawal by his attorney prior to the Board making a decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran does not have a current disability for the conditions he is seeking service connection for, and thus denied these claims. The appeal was also remanded for additional examinations related to other disabilities.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's liver disability is found to be secondary to his service-connected PTSD and has been granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's liver disability and its relationship to service-connected hepatitis. The case is returned for further development.
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