The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a chronic heart disorder. The case is now remanded for further development, including scheduling a VA examination and obtaining medical records.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial supports reopening the veteran's claim of service connection for a chronic heart disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic heart disorder, chronic demyelination to include small vessel disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0617943
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Decisions by this judge: 396 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a chronic heart disorder as there is no evidence of a current disability and the Veteran's symptoms were attributed to an underlying nervous condition during his active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a chronic heart disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to procedural errors, including failing to address arguments regarding a Privacy Request raised by the Veteran’s representative. The claims are now pending for further review.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a chronic heart disorder, to include ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. The issue of TDIU is remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a chronic heart disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence of such conditions during or related to the Veteran's active service.
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