The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's cecal tubulovillous adenoma is related to service, specifically exposure at Camp Lejeune. The claim will be reviewed again with a colorectal surgeon.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the previous opinions did not meet the required standard of proof from a colorectal surgeon.
- Claimed conditions
- cecal tubulovillous adenoma, right hemicolectomy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20074419
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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 withdrew his appeal for service connection for a colon disability, including residuals of resection of colon mass and right hemicolectomy. The Board dismissed the case as a result.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding service connection for cecal tubulovillous adenoma and its relation to exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives and the need for an opinion from a colorectal surgeon regarding whether the Veteran's cecal tubulovillous adenoma is related to service, including presumed exposures at Camp Lejeune.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions provided by a nurse practitioner and an occupational medicine medical examiner. The Veteran's cecal tubulovillous adenoma, which led to right hemicolectomy, needs to be evaluated by a colorectal surgeon to determine if it is related to service or specifically to presumed exposures at Camp Lejeune.
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