The Board has found the VA medical opinions inadequate and remanded for further clarification. The claims are also inextricably intertwined with other issues, including SMC based on need of aid and attendance or by reason of being housebound.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions were deemed insufficient to address all aspects of the service connection claim, particularly regarding causation and aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic pancreatitis, internal varices
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2021
- Citation
- 21031768
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to potential errors in obtaining service treatment records and for an additional VA medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's chronic pancreatitis.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic pancreatitis, left BKA to include as secondary to diabetes mellitus type II, and right BKA to include as secondary to diabetes mellitus type II are remanded due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic pancreatitis and diabetes mellitus, Type 2 as secondary to the chronic pancreatitis.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic pancreatitis to obtain additional medical opinions regarding its etiology, particularly in relation to toxic exposures during service.
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