The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection, increased rating, and TDIU due to issues with obtaining VA examinations in his prison.
The deciding factor: VA is unable to obtain necessary medical opinions without scheduling an examination of the Veteran at a correctional facility or obtaining additional VA medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- GI disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23000402
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,188 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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