The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for right knee patellofemoral syndrome and diarrhea due to a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: There is a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the Veteran's claim for service connection for diarrhea, which requires further development.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee patellofemoral syndrome, Diarrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24026634
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection is remanded due to a pre-decisional error in the duty to assist, and he is recharacterized as having symptoms related to environmental exposures in Southwest Asia. The Board finds that an examination is required given the indication of a possible relationship between his symptoms and military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for diarrhea, claimed as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), due to insufficient medical opinions addressing its relationship to service. The Veteran's claims for CFS and COPD remain denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate examination and incomplete analysis of service connection for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and objective indications of a disability manifested by diarrhea. The examiner is requested to provide an opinion on whether IBS or any diagnosed gastrointestinal disability is related to the Veteran's in-service Gulf War exposure.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted a TDIU for the period from May 25, 2016 to January 18, 2017 due to his service-connected disabilities.
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