The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional medical records and a VA examination to evaluate her gynecological condition, including infertility resulting from her ectopic pregnancy.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence and an evaluation are needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's gynecological disability and whether she qualifies for separate ratings or special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ.
- Claimed conditions
- right salpingectomy, left fallopian tube lysis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18112210
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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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to March 25, 2006 for a 50% disability rating for service-connected status post left salpingectomy and hysterectomy with right salpingectomy and lysis of adhesions. The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew her appeal on the issue of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, positive TB tine test.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's ovarian cysts and adhesions, with right salpingectomy and oophorectomy, are currently rated at 10 percent from June 1, 2003 onwards. The claim for an increased rating is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The case is remanded to obtain a clarifying medical opinion regarding the severity and manifestations of the veteran's service-connected disability, specifically her endometriosis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including total abdominal hysterectomy with left oophorectomy, partial right oophorectomy, and right salpingectomy (30 percent), migraine headaches (30 percent), and osteoporosis of the hands (10 percent), do not meet the criteria for a TDIU rating as her employment problems are primarily due to her nonservice-connected bi-polar disorder.
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