The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the fatty liver disease is caused or aggravated by the service-connected post-operative tonsillectomy disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinions were inadequate as they did not address the Veteran's symptoms of fatigue and did not provide a causal relationship between the fatty liver disease and the service-connected post-operative tonsillectomy disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Fatty liver disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2026
- Citation
- A26023958
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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
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- Partly granted
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