The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to a failure to provide proper VCAA notice regarding what evidence is needed to reopen and establish service connection.
The deciding factor: The claim was not adequately notified of the specific type of evidence required to reopen and establish service connection, as per the previous denial.
- Claimed conditions
- supraventricular arrhythmia, organic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2011
- Citation
- 1129801
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's supraventricular arrhythmia is related to his active military service, specifically his time spent in the Gulf War. As a result, the claim for service connection is granted.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed as he withdrew his appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's diagnosed supraventricular arrhythmia and congestive heart failure, finding that these conditions are related to his military service. The pansystolic murmur is also considered a condition of record.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's heart condition was rated at 100% but reduced to 60%. The reduction was overturned, and the original rating of 100% is restored. SMC based on housebound criteria is also restored.
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