The veteran is seeking service connection for a cardiac arrhythmia that he believes developed secondary to his service-connected cervical stenosis. The Board finds further development, including a VA examination and obtaining additional medical records, is necessary before deciding the claim.
The deciding factor: Further evidence is needed to determine if the veteran's current cardiac arrhythmia is related to his service-connected cervical stenosis or any other factors.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac arrhythmia, right bundle branch block
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2007
- Citation
- 0735245
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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 Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for respiratory insufficiency dyspnea, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), cardiac arrhythmia, and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) as they have already been granted by a previous VA rating decision.,The Board has also dismissed the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis due to lack of evidence showing greater than 50 percent obstruction of nasal passage on both sides or complete obstruction on one side.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, right bundle branch block, diabetes mellitus type II, bilateral upper extremity neuropathy and bilateral lower extremity neuropathy. The claim of service connection for tremors (claimed as Parkinsonism/Parkinson-like symptoms) is remanded due to a duty to assist error.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's claimed conditions, finding that they are attributable to his time in service and supported by medical opinions. The PACT Act presumption applies.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a failure to notify the Veteran of his right to a hearing before the AOJ prior to issuance of an initial decision on appeal.
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