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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1439007
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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: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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