The Veteran seeks service connection for premature ovarian failure. The Board has determined that a new examination is necessary to determine whether the Veteran has a current disability attributable to her in-service premature ovarian failure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service treatment records do not show an oophorectomy, and there is no evidence of a current disability related to the in-service condition. The Board finds it unclear if the Veteran currently has such a disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Premature Ovarian Failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2014
- Citation
- 1413971
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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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's premature ovarian failure is related to her exposure to environmental hazards, specifically burn pits, during service in Southwest Asia. As a result, the claim for service connection for this condition is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for premature ovarian failure and osteoporosis, but has remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral knee disorder due to lack of adequate evidence.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's premature ovarian failure is not related to her military service and therefore denied her claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a hysterectomy, finding that it was not related to her service-connected premature ovarian failure and did not meet the requirements for direct or secondary service connection.
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