The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining records from Dr. Stubbs and providing an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran currently has or had a disability due to HPV.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's report did not address whether the Veteran currently has any form of disability related to HPV, only whether she had genital warts at the time of her September 2012 examination. The case is therefore remanded for an addendum opinion addressing this question.
- Claimed conditions
- Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1452045
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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 ordered the case to be remanded due to incomplete records and a need for a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's HPV or herpes infection was caused by contaminated instruments used during her October 2004 colonoscopy or January 2012 hemorrhoidectomy and sigmoidoscopy procedures at the Houston VAMC.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered the case to be remanded due to incomplete records and a need for a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's HPV or herpes infection was caused by contaminated instruments used during her October 2004 colonoscopy or January 2012 hemorrhoidectomy at the Houston VAMC.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete records and the need for a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's HPV or herpes infection was caused by contaminated instruments used during her October 2004 colonoscopy or January 2012 hemorrhoidectomy and sigmoidoscopy procedures at the Houston VAMC.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for HPV and cervical dysplasia/ascus favor dysplasia have been reopened due to the submission of new evidence. However, her initial claim was denied because the clinical findings alone were not considered a service-connected disability. The Board has now remanded these issues for further examination and opinion regarding whether the Veteran's conditions are related to service.
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