The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient opinions on whether the Veteran's conditions are aggravated by her service-connected thyroid cancer or its treatment.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not address the aggravation aspect of the claims, which is necessary to determine if service connection can be granted.
- Claimed conditions
- anemia, stuttering, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19132285
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.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for fibromyalgia was granted with an effective date of August 14, 2023. The appeals for earlier effective dates and higher ratings were denied.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for anemia, left and right foot conditions (swelling bilateral feet), prostate issues, tension headaches and head injury with short term memory loss and blurred vision, and vertigo were dismissed as the Veteran withdrew them. The claims for readjudication of tension headaches and head injury with short term memory loss and blurred vision and vertigo will be considered based on new evidence submitted.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability and remanded claims for service connection for migraines and contusion left calf. Other claims were denied or dismissed.
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