The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and determining the appropriate disability ratings.
The deciding factor: The claims are inextricably intertwined with the rating claim for ovarian cysts due to potential new evidence indicating the necessity of a total abdominal hysterectomy.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of ovarian cyst removal, total abdominal hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0612731
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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
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a gynecological disorder, including cervical dysplasia, fibroid tumors, and a total abdominal hysterectomy. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical records and conduct further examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded for additional development and clarification of evidence regarding her bilateral knee condition, sleep apnea, hypertension, IBS, and lower extremity sciatica.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy, adjustment disorder, bowel incontinence, cervicitis, bladder incontinence, ovarian cyst rupture, and meralgia paresthetica of left thigh, have rendered her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cervical dysplasia due to lack of evidence showing that her service-connected condition was proximately due to or aggravated by the surgery.
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