The Board remands the claims for service connection for a bowel and/or bladder condition as secondary to lumbosacral strain due to insufficient medical evidence.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence was provided to establish a nexus between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's military service, necessitating further examination.
- Claimed conditions
- bowel condition, bladder condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25026073
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a bowel condition and remanded claims for allergies, migraine headaches, low back condition, right hip condition, left hip condition, GERD, right knee condition, and left knee condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the appeal to revise the July 1994 rating decision that denied service connection for incontinence and a bladder condition, finding no clear and unmistakable error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining outstanding private medical records.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, a bladder condition, and various other conditions including psychiatric issues, alopecia, musculoskeletal problems, and skin conditions. The Veteran's claims were not supported by the evidence of record.
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