The veteran seeks service connection for residuals of rheumatic fever, claimed as irregular heart beat, coronary artery bypass surgery, and carotid stenosis. The VAHROC is instructed to obtain additional medical records from the Sioux Falls medical center and Minneapolis VA facility to support or deny his claim.
The deciding factor: The VAHROC needs to secure all relevant medical records to properly evaluate the veteran's claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of rheumatic fever, irregular heart beat, coronary artery bypass surgery, carotid stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0016572
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's cause of death, including MI, CAD, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and carotid stenosis, is being remanded for further development to assess whether it was caused by or related to symptoms of chest pain during service or toxic exposures during service at Camp Lejeune.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for carotid stenosis and atrial fibrillation as the Veteran withdrew his claims.
- Granted
The Veteran's rheumatic heart disease with coronary artery disease, status post stent placement is rated at 60 percent effective April 20, 2023.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of carotid stenosis has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew his appeal.
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