The Board has denied service connection for a gastrointestinal disability, and remanded the spine, prostate, and headache claims due to insufficient evidence linking these conditions to active service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's current conditions and his active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal disability, Spine disability, Prostate disability, Headache disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2022
- Citation
- 22037125
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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