The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for chronic pancreatitis and internal varices due to inadequate medical opinions. The claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The previous medical opinions did not address all lay statements and theories of entitlement raised by the record, leading to contradictory conclusions.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic pancreatitis, internal varices
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21071664
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic pancreatitis and diabetes mellitus, Type 2 as secondary to the chronic pancreatitis.
- 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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