The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for additional development, including obtaining informed consent documents and arranging for a VA medical opinion regarding the cause of his heart damage.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran has an additional disability due to the cardiology procedures performed in June to August 2005.
- Claimed conditions
- heart damage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2014
- Citation
- 1401466
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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 granted service connection for inactive rheumatic fever, finding that the Veteran's current condition had its onset during his period of service. The issue of service connection for a heart condition other than valvular heart disease remains on appeal.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's additional disabilities, including Parkinson's disease, tremors, heart damage, dementia, lung damage, and kidney damage, were not caused by VA's negligence or lack of proper skill in providing surgical care. The anastomotic leak was a foreseeable complication.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for health problems including Parkinson's disease, tremors, heart damage, dementia, lung damage, and kidney damage allegedly caused by a negligent surgical procedure and post-operative care provided by VA in December 2008.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 were denied as there is no evidence of additional disability caused by VA treatment in April and May 2003, or that the current disabilities are related to active military service.
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