The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development and compliance with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a VA examination and further development under the VCAA.
- Claimed conditions
- dysmenorrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2001
- Citation
- 0113282
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeals for the service connection of multiple conditions, including low back disability, bilateral foot disability, cervical spine disability, migraines, right hand and shoulder disabilities, right wrist disability, asthma (claimed as Gulf War Syndrome), chronic fatigue syndrome, dysmenorrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, and sleep disability. As a result, these claims are dismissed.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for gynecological disorders, including endometrial ovarian cysts, dysmenorrhea, and dyspareunia is granted. The effective date is set at June 5, 2019.
- Whole decision: Granted
The February 2008 rating decision denying service connection for dysmenorrhea is revised to grant service connection due to errors in the determination.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because the August 2025 proposal to sever service connection for dysmenorrhea was not a final rating decision.
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