The case is remanded to obtain a clarifying medical opinion regarding the severity and manifestations of the veteran's service-connected disability, specifically her endometriosis.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that further clarification is necessary due to the complexity of determining whether the veteran's current endometriosis is a manifestation of her service-connected residuals of ovarian cysts and adhesions.
- Claimed conditions
- ovarian cysts, adhesions, right salpingectomy, oophorectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2005
- Citation
- 0524914
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for adhesions as secondary to irritable bowel syndrome, finding that there was no nexus between the claimed condition and service or a service-connected disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's cervical carcinoma in situ with ovarian cysts, and chronic migraine-type headaches are being remanded for further examination and opinion as the current evidence is insufficient to establish a causal relationship between these conditions and her military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's sinusitis is granted a 10 percent rating, but no higher.,Her ovarian cysts are denied a compensable rating.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for hysterectomy, finding that her hysterectomy is etiologically related to her in-service pelvic pain and ovarian cysts.
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