The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for a liver disability, finding that an adequate opinion regarding its etiology was not provided by the VA examiner in August 2022. The Veteran's liver condition is being requested to be evaluated again with consideration given to whether it is related to or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities (IBS and GERD) or obesity.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous opinion was incomplete as it did not provide an adequate rationale for its conclusions regarding the etiology of the liver disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22057579
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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.
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