The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of stomach ulcer, as secondary to service-connected pyelonephritis. The case is being sent back for further development and an addendum opinion from a VA examiner.
The deciding factor: The July 2016 VA examinations did not adequately address the Veteran's claim due to their failure to comply with VA's original examination request to indicate whether the Veteran's current diagnosis of stomach ulcer residuals was a progression of the service-connected kidney disability or whether the original diagnosis of a kidney condition was in error.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of stomach ulcer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22060472
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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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of a stomach ulcer disability is presumed to have been incurred during his active duty service, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the onset and causation of the Veteran's stomach ulcer disability. The VA will attempt to obtain relevant treatment records from 1973 to February 1983, including those at the Birmingham VAMC.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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