The veteran seeks service connection for coronary artery disease with myocardial infarction and cardiac stenting. The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the veteran's heart condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner needs to provide a definitive opinion on whether the veteran's current heart disease is related to service, including determining if it is at least as likely as not (50 percent probability or better) that the veteran now has heart disease dating from service and is etiologically related to hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with myocardial infarction, cardiac stenting
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2008
- Citation
- 0842913
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's coronary artery disease with myocardial infarction is granted as service connected due to exposure at Camp Lejeune. The appeals for the other conditions are dismissed as withdrawn.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for effective dates prior to June 21, 2025, for service connection and special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all issues related to the Veteran's service-connected conditions due to his death.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for TDIU is granted as of March 12, 2018. The effective date for the grant of service connection for hypertension was March 11, 2022.
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