The Board has determined that additional development is needed to obtain the appellant's SSA records, military dependent treatment records, and medical opinions. The case will be remanded for these actions.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to support the appellant's claims and to determine if she was exposed to mustard gas during her ACDUTRA in July 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal disorder, manifested by left lower quadrant pain, pharyngitis, claimed as gag reflex, chronic sore throat, and difficulty swallowing, cerebrovascular disease, also claimed as compression-like traumatic brain injury (TBI) and as a Chiari I malformation, psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression with mood swings, endometriosis, chronic disorder of the feet, claimed as manifested by swelling, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with dysphasia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), also claimed as colon problems, gastroenteritis, and chronic constipation, hysterectomy, acne, liver cysts, migraine headaches with photosensitivity, neurocognitive disorder with short-term memory loss, neurogenic bladder with incontinence, chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs), periodontal disease, for compensation purposes, phleboliths of the pelvis with pain, sleep apnea, chronic skin disorder, manifested by dry skin, cyst of the breast, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome, uterine fibroids with dysmenorrhea, vaginitis, allergies to latex, metal, certain food, and numerous drugs, asthma, sinusitis, chronic bronchitis, also claimed as dyspnea and upper respiratory infections (URIs), allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2017
- Citation
- 1713045
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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
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