The veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development to determine her employability due to her service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence and examination are needed to assess the impact of the veteran's service-connected disabilities on her ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- endometriosis, status post, total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy, anesthesia to pinprick involving right bilateral femoral distribution of right lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, recurrent major depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0616916
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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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