The Veteran's claims for service connection for myotonia congenita and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further evaluation of the etiology of the Veteran's claimed condition, specifically whether it is related to herbicide exposure during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- myotonia congenita
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1548351
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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 Veteran's TDIU for unspecified trauma-related disorder with adjustment disorder and mixed anxious and depressed mood is granted, effective from April 19, 2017. Service connection for myotonia congenita is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claims for myotonia congenita and adjustment disorder with depression and anxiety are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for psoriasis, arthritis, and myotonia congenita. The evidence did not show that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during a period of active duty for training.,Service connection was not granted as the Veteran's skin condition, arthritis, and myotonia congenita are considered direct service connections rather than presumptive or secondary to other conditions.
- Denied
The Board determined that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claims for service connection of anxiety reaction and myotonia congenita, thus denying these claims.
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