The Board remands the matter for an adequate VA examination and to obtain missing treatment records.
The deciding factor: The AOJ committed a pre-decisional duty to assist error by failing to provide the Veteran with an adequate VA examination prior to assigning the initial rating.
- Claimed conditions
- peptic ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25041217
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 granted service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction, both presumed to be due to herbicide exposure. The claims for hypertrophy of the prostate, migraine headaches, and peptic ulcer were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for depression, peptic ulcer, bilateral hearing loss, vertigo, bilateral ankle condition, bilateral elbow condition, foot condition, bilateral hip condition, bilateral knee condition, and bilateral wrist condition as the persuasive weight of the evidence indicated these conditions were not etiologically related to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all claims for service connection due to inadequate medical opinions and examination reports.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all claims for service connection, including gastrointestinal disorder, asthma, cervical spine degenerative disc disease, left upper extremity radiculopathy secondary to cervical DDD, left wrist condition with pain, and left knee osteoarthritis. The Veteran will be afforded new VA examinations or medical opinions.
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