The Veteran seeks service connection for an aortic aneurysm that she claims is due to her service-connected hypertension. The Board has determined that the case should be remanded for further development, including a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision requires additional medical evaluation and opinion regarding whether the Veteran's aortic aneurysm is related to her service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1014392
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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 diabetes mellitus, valvular heart disease (chest pain and cardiac valve stenosis), aortic aneurysm, and hypertension as these conditions were not found to be etiologically related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection for hypertension was granted due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Thailand, while the claims for diabetes mellitus, type II, chronic sinusitis, and other conditions were denied or remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 15, 2022 for the award of service connection for aortic aneurysm as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, an aortic aneurysm, coronary artery disease (CAD), left hand arthritis and trigger fingers, and right hand arthritis and trigger fingers.
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