The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a liver disability due to inadequate VA medical opinions and lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the VA medical opinions were insufficient and required additional examination and opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's liver disability, including its relationship to service and any service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- liver disability, fatty liver
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2023
- Citation
- 23059879
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for fatty liver as secondary to his service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a liver disability has been dismissed due to the withdrawal by his attorney prior to the Board making a decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran does not have a current disability for the conditions he is seeking service connection for, and thus denied these claims. The appeal was also remanded for additional examinations related to other disabilities.
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