The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and arranging for a VA examination to assess the severity of his pituitary adenoma.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to incomplete or missing medical evidence that could provide more information about the veteran's condition and its impact on his disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- pituitary adenoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0000570
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal regarding service connection for pituitary adenoma is remanded due to the failure to obtain an opinion on direct service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for acromegaly, a pituitary adenoma, and tinnitus due to missing active duty service treatment records and an inadequate VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's pituitary adenoma, claimed as brain tumor(s), is remanded due to the need for additional development and examination. The claims are related to service connection and potential aggravation by service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's pituitary adenoma, gynecomastia, hypothyroidism, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II (DMII), hypogonadism, and upper gastrointestinal (GI) ulcer with hemorrhaging are all granted as service-connected due to in-service exposure to ionizing radiation.
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