The Board remands the case for a new examination and opinion to determine if the Veteran's chronic gastritis is related to her service, including any toxic exposure risk activity.
The deciding factor: The November 2023 VA examination was inadequate as it did not consider the Veteran's diagnosed chronic gastritis and failed to address whether the condition is due to a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (MUCMI).
- Claimed conditions
- chronic gastritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25023638
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.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for chronic gastritis and a compensable rating for chronic gastritis.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic gastritis, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between the condition and his period of active service.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for chronic gastritis was denied due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and a lumbar spine disability, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss, chronic gastritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and assigning a 20 percent rating for residuals of a neuroendocrine tumor of the stomach.
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