The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and providing a VA examination to determine if there is any current liver disability or residual of a liver disability. The Veteran's service connection claims for gallbladder disability and lesion of the liver are not currently granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will need to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran has any current liver disability, including determining if it existed prior to service and was aggravated by his period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Gallbladder disability, Lesion of the liver
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21067562
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral blepharitis, finding it to be related to the Veteran's in-service exposure to environmental hazards and other toxins during his Persian Gulf War service. The remaining claims for service connection for a gallbladder disability, right knee disability, and left knee disability were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine if the Veteran's gallbladder disability is etiologically related to service, including exposure to radiation. The case will be returned for further review.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a gallbladder disability was denied. His Hepatitis C received an initial 10 percent rating, and his liver disability was denied any increase in the current 30 percent rating.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities, gallbladder disability, and hernia. The appeal is dismissed for the gallbladder disability and hernia.
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