The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequacies in previous medical opinions. The claims include Long QT Syndrome and recurrent blood clots with atrial fibrillation, which the Veteran asserts are related.
The deciding factor: Previous medical opinions were inadequate and need to be supplemented by a new expert opinion from a cardiologist.
- Claimed conditions
- Long QT Syndrome, recurrent blood clots, atriial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149687
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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- Partly granted
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