The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's urinary disorder is related to her service-connected gynecological/hysterectomy disabilities.
The deciding factor: The February 2019 addendum opinion was inadequate as it did not address the continuity of symptomatology since military service or the relationship between the Veteran’s service-connected hysterectomy and her current urinary disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary Disorder, Gynecological/Hysterectomy Disabilities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19144397
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Decisions by this judge: 1,242 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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