The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for thyroid, bowel, and bladder disabilities to obtain additional medical opinions addressing the etiology of these conditions. The Veteran's claim will be readjudicated after the additional development.
The deciding factor: Additional medical opinions are needed to determine if the Veteran's thyroid, bowel, and bladder disabilities are related to his service-connected disabilities or other non-service-connected factors.
- Claimed conditions
- Thyroid disability, Bowel disability, Bladder impairment
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2023
- Citation
- 23009585
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as service connection for various disabilities.
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