The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of service treatment records for a ruptured ovarian cyst during active duty, and further development is needed.
The deciding factor: Further development under the duty to assist is required as the records are not among the service treatment records on file.
- Claimed conditions
- left ovarian cyst, right ovarian cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1439007
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for dizziness and giddiness, as well as increased disability ratings for alopecia, seborrheic dermatitis, cervical strain, degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, dysphagia, left ovarian cyst with dysmenorrhea, and uterine fibroid. The Board also remanded an issue regarding service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to a service-connected back disability.
- Denied
The Veteran's left ovarian cyst is denied an initial compensable disability rating as it does not require continuous treatment and her symptoms are mild and intermittent.,The Veteran's right wrist chronic sprain is denied a higher than 10 percent disability rating due to lack of evidence of ankylosis, despite her complaints of constant pain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to missing military personnel records and service treatment records, which need to be obtained for a thorough review.
- Denied
The Veteran's right ovarian cyst with ovarian failure does not require continuous treatment, and thus is not entitled to a compensable rating.
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