The Veteran seeks service connection for anemia, to include as secondary to his service-connected coronary artery disease. The Board has decided that the claim should be remanded to obtain a proper examination and opinion regarding whether the anemia is caused or aggravated by the service-connected coronary artery disease.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to provide an addendum to their earlier opinion in light of the private physician's March 2010 statement, specifically addressing whether the Veteran's anemia was caused or aggravated by his service-connected coronary artery disease.
- Claimed conditions
- anemia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1025203
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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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