The veteran's claim for service connection for a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, as secondary to her already service-connected ovarian cyst condition, is being remanded due to the need for additional notice and development.
The deciding factor: Additional notice and development are necessary prior to adjudication of the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy as secondary to her already service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, ovarian cyst, bilateral
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2007
- Citation
- 0735478
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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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