The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's uterine fibroids were aggravated by her third period of service from April 2014 to July 2014.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address whether the Veteran’s uterine fibroids was aggravated by her third period of service when she was deployed to Djibouti, Africa.
- Claimed conditions
- uterine fibroids, status post total hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19105597
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for uterine fibroids, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for uterine fibroids due to a duty to assist error.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending appeals before the Board promulgated a decision.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 25, 2023 for the award of service connection and special monthly compensation based on anatomical loss of a creative organ, but denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for status post total hysterectomy.
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