The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain an opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus and his current heart disease/cardiac conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not provide sufficient certainty regarding whether the Veteran's heart disease/cardiac conditions are directly caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disease, aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, ventricular hypertrophy, valvular disease, cardiac arrhythmias
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2013
- Citation
- 1319075
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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.
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