The Veteran's claim for service connection for ovary disease, injury, or adhesion secondary to her service-connected status post endometrial ablation with status post hysterectomy is being remanded due to the need for additional development and an addendum opinion from a VA examiner.
The deciding factor: An addendum opinion is needed to address whether it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's ovary condition was caused or aggravated by her service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- ovary disease, injury, adhesion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1617441
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for ovary disease, to include ovarian cysts, secondary to her service-connected endometrial ablation and hysterectomy was dismissed because she withdrew her claim before a decision could be made.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to deficiencies in the medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's ovarian cyst condition, specifically whether it is at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by her service-connected status post endometrial ablation with status post hysterectomy.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of her claimed gynecological disability, including infertility, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, irregular menstrual cycle, and ovarian failure. The examiner should consider her service treatment records and her claims regarding exposure to asbestos and toxic industrial chemicals or other hazardous materials in service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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