The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional examinations. The Veteran asserts her gynecological and gastrointestinal disabilities are related to service, including vaccinations and environmental exposures.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence exists to determine if the Veteran's current conditions are related to service or pre-existing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- uterine fibroids, scarred fallopian tubes, infertility, internal adhesions resulting in small bowel obstruction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18100391
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for adenomyosis and uterine fibroids due to errors in obtaining adequate medical opinions, particularly regarding the nature of her Reserve component service.
- Granted
The Veteran's infertility, claimed as azoospermia, is related to his military service and the Board has granted entitlement to service connection for this condition.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for uterine fibroids and heart arrhythmia (now claimed as palpitations and valve disease) due to a withdrawal of appeal by the appellant's authorized representative.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found the May 8, 2020 Request for Higher-Level Review timely and remanded the service connection claims for infertility and sleep apnea.
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