The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and development of evidence.
The deciding factor: The case requires further examination and opinion regarding the relationship between the veteran's current conditions and her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- menstrual disorder with iron deficiency and hysterectomy, rectocele, cystocele, and uterine descent, breast pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0607758
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
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