The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to complex medical issues and insufficient opinions. The claims are being returned for further development, including obtaining an advisory opinion from a medical expert on whether CVID is related to exposure at Camp Lejeune and whether headaches are related to exposure at Camp Lejeune. Additionally, the claims for polyarthritis and gastric disability are being remanded as they are inextricably intertwined with the service connection claims.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the opinions provided were inadequate due to incomplete rationales and reliance on inaccurate medical histories. The claims require further development including obtaining an advisory opinion from a medical expert to determine causation or aggravation of conditions related to exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), Headache disability, Polyarthritis, Gastric disability
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19115165
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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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