The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic, with chronic cholelithiasis are being remanded due to the need for additional medical information and a reassessment of the disability.
The deciding factor: The Board needs more detailed medical evidence to determine whether the liver or gallbladder condition is predominant and to properly rate the Veteran's disabilities under appropriate Diagnostic Codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic, Cholelithiasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23017548
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for a higher rating for GERD with CCY and surgical scars due to CCY have been denied. The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms did not warrant an increased rating under the applicable criteria.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's initial rating for service-connected chronic cholelithiasis, status post cholecystectomy, is granted at a 30 percent rating before October 15, 2020, and a 10 percent rating from that date.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for impaired fasting glucose, ischemic heart disease, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, cataracts, vitreous degeneration, right knee disability, left foot and right foot plantar fasciitis, IBS, diverticulosis, cholelithiasis, inguinal hernia, prostate enlargement, hypertrophy of the prostate, kidney cyst, microscopic hematuria, thick walled bladder, esophagitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, and stricture and stenosis of esophagus have all been denied.,The Veteran's service connection claims are not supported by evidence showing a current disability or a relationship to service.
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