The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating of her back disability due to incomplete development, including a lack of a VA gynecological examination. The RO is instructed to arrange for these examinations and obtain any additional evidence needed.
The deciding factor: Incomplete development requires further medical evaluation and consideration of all submitted evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- right ovarian cyst, chronic low back pain with herniated nucleus pulposus and degenerative disc disease at L5-S1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2005
- Citation
- 0518081
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to missing military personnel records and service treatment records, which need to be obtained for a thorough review.
- Denied
The Veteran's right ovarian cyst with ovarian failure does not require continuous treatment, and thus is not entitled to a compensable rating.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's gynecological disorder, including a right ovarian cyst and endometriosis (manifested by dysmenorrhea), did not preexist service or become worse during service. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.
- Denied
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