The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection and increased evaluation of tachycardia, heart disorders, and angina/CAD due to conflicting medical opinions and insufficient evidence on which to base an evaluation under relevant rating criteria.
The deciding factor: There are conflicting medical opinions regarding the relationship between the veteran's tachycardia and his angina and CAD, as well as insufficient evidence to determine the severity of his tachycardia based on current VA examination reports.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disorders, angina, CAD
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2004
- Citation
- 0410521
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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