The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between his varicose veins and his ischemic heart disease. A new examination is needed to determine if there is a connection.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence exists to establish whether the Veteran’s ischemic heart disease is proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected varicose vein disabilities of the bilateral lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic heart disease (coronary artery disease), varicose vein disabilities of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18144709
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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.
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