The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral ovarian cysts is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding whether these conditions are related to her service-connected ileitis, colitis, and proctitis.
The deciding factor: The decision was made because no VA examiner provided an opinion on whether the Veteran’s bilateral ovarian cysts are proximately due to or aggravated by her service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ovarian cysts
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19149945
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that new and relevant evidence has been received for the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral ovarian cysts and menorrhagia with uterine fibroids. The AOJ is required to consider these matters again in light of this new evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral ovarian cysts, granted a 10 percent rating for right and left foot hallux valgus, dismissed the claim for a 10 percent rating based on multiple noncompensable disabilities as moot, and denied service connection for tinnitus, right hip disorder with bursitis, left hip disorder with bursitis, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, and arthritis, degenerative, left.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew her appeals for service connection and increased ratings for various conditions, including bilateral ovarian cysts, hyperprolactinemia, IBS, right shoulder strain, obstructive sleep apnea, lumbosacral strain, and uterus fibroids with amenorrhea.
- Denied
The Board found that the withholding of VA disability compensation benefits for 36 days of drill pay in FY 2020 was proper and denied the Veteran's appeal.
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