The Board remanded the claim for a VA examination to determine if the veteran's coronary heart disease and lower extremity arterial disease are proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence suggests that the veteran's tobacco use, which may be secondary to his PTSD, is related to his claimed disabilities, but a thorough medical opinion is needed for an adequate determination.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, status post myocardial infarction, obstructed arterial disease of the lower extremities with claudication
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0904021
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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