The veteran's tubal reversal due to numerous cysts on ovaries is being remanded for additional development and consideration.
The deciding factor: Additional medical inquiry is necessary to assess the relationship between the veteran's current disorders and her inservice reverse tubal ligation.
- Claimed conditions
- numerous cysts on ovaries, ectopic pregnancy, ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids, pelvic inflammatory disease, vaginitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0617584
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal is dismissed because the issues of service connection for various conditions are not ripe for appellate consideration.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for uterine fibroids, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for uterine fibroids due to a duty to assist error.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending appeals before the Board promulgated a decision.
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