The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examination and medical opinion. The Veteran's gastrointestinal disability, including acid reflux and/or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is related to service connection for dysentery.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not adequately address the Veteran's lay statements about initial manifestations of his symptoms in service and complaints since discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal disability, including acid reflux and/or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Dysentery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23041266
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for traumatic brain injury, chronic headaches, left ear hearing loss, chronic sinusitis, left elbow disability, middle back disability, low back disability, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), dysentery, left hip disability, right hip disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, left lower extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy, left foot disability, and right foot disability due to incomplete records from his National Guard service.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for ischemic heart disease, peptic ulcer disease, dysentery, and hypertension as accrued benefits purposes.
- Granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence was received to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for dysentery resulting in ileostomy. The Board also found that the veteran's ulcerative colitis, which resulted from his service-connected dysentery, required a colectomy with ileostomy.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for dysentery, finding no evidence of current residuals. Service connection was granted for bilateral pes planus.
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