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Remanded (sent back)

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disability to include recurring PVCs has been reopened, but the Board finds that further development is needed as there are insufficient current medical records to determine if he currently has a heart disability related to his service. Other claims have also been remanded due to need for additional examinations and consideration of new evidence.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disability to include recurring PVCs requires further examination as the available medical records do not provide sufficient current information on whether he currently has a heart disability related to his service.

Claimed conditions
recurrent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs), heart disability, cervical spine stenosis, degenerative joint disease of the thoracolumbar spine, diabetes mellitus with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy of the right eye, pulmonary sarcoidosis, hemorrhoids
How they argued it
Reopened with new and material evidence
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
February 22, 2019
Citation
19113334

Veterans Law Judge

MICHAEL LANE

Decisions by this judge: 2,272 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

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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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