The Board has determined that the VA decision on appeal is flawed due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions and their relationship to his service. The claims are being remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The pre-decisional duty-to-assist error involved in this case includes failure to obtain adequate medical opinions regarding the causal relationship between the Veteran's claimed conditions and his military service or any related disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- diverticulosis with recurrent diverticulitis, chronic gastritis, esophageal ring, biliary dyskinesia, left eye glaucoma with scotoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2026
- Citation
- A26021360
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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 Board has granted effective dates of August 11, 2023 for the grant of service connection for GERD, chronic gastritis, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and tinnitus.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection on all listed conditions was dismissed due to the untimely filing of a Notice of Disagreement.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for biliary dyskinesia is granted, while the claim for left leg disability (secondary to service-connected lumbar spine arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome) is denied.
- Partly granted
The Board has denied service connection for COPD and remanded the issues of service connection for chronic gastritis and gastric hemorrhage due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
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