The Veteran's heart disorders are being remanded for a VA examination to determine if they are related to his military service, including presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his Vietnam service. The appeal will be returned to the Board after this examination.
The deciding factor: A VA examination is needed to assess whether the Veteran's current heart disorders are related to his military service and any presumptive exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- dilated cardiomyopathy, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, chronic ventricular ectopy, sinus node dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2014
- Citation
- 1428047
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and an initial compensable rating for hypertension due to errors in obtaining relevant evidence and developing the record.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, and sinus node dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as the evidence did not show that the causes of his death were related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's heart disability was granted a 60% rating prior to July 8, 2020, and a 100% rating from that date forward.
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