The Veteran's claims for service connection for resection of the large intestine and ulcerative colitis with stoma and port-a-cath are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors. The Veteran will be scheduled for VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his conditions.
The deciding factor: There were duty-to-assist errors in obtaining medical opinions and scheduling the Veteran for examinations related to his service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Resection of the large intestine, Ulcerative colitis with stoma and port-a-cath
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2026
- Citation
- A26019756
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's initial disability rating for colon cancer with resection of the large intestine is granted at a 20 percent level, effective from March 16, 2021.
- Partly granted
The Veteran is granted a disability evaluation of 20 percent for symptoms following resection of the large intestine from May 26, 2011 to August 18, 2022.,For the period after August 18, 2022, the Veteran's symptoms are rated at 40 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further examination and clarification regarding the use of clindamycin in treatment and its appropriateness given the Veteran's history, as well as whether the large intestine resection was a reasonably foreseeable outcome.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of resection of the large intestine, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his military service.
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