The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a gastrointestinal disability, anal fissure and hemorrhoids, headache disability, temporomandibular disability, rhinitis, sinusitis, and STD, to provide the Veteran with VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to insufficient evidence of record to decide the claims, specifically for an initial VA examination regarding whether the Veteran has a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317 or any current STD and/or residuals that are due to MST and/or infections during service.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disability, anal fissure and hemorrhoids, headache disability, temporomandibular disability, to include temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), rhinitis, sinusitis, sexually transmitted disease (STD), to include residuals thereof
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25029792
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
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board granted higher ratings for the Veteran's service-connected carpal tunnel syndrome and cubital tunnel syndrome of both upper extremities, but remanded claims for service connection for sinusitis, calcified lymph nodes on the lungs, and cervical strain.
- Denied
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