The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic nonspecific colitis, mild chronic gastritis, and severe chronic ileitis with focal low grade epithelial dysplasia as secondary to service-connected nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's lymphoma due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The April 2019 and June 2019 VA medical opinions are found to be inadequate as they did not address the private medical opinion or the medical literature submitted in September 2019, nor did they provide an opinion on direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic nonspecific colitis, mild chronic gastritis, severe chronic ileitis with focal low grade epithelial dysplasia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2024
- Citation
- A24070593
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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