The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding service connection for supraventricular arrhythmias and whether diabetes mellitus aggravates atrial fibrillation.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinion is inadequate as it does not explain or support her assertion regarding the lack of a relationship between premature atrial contraction and atrial fibrillation, nor provide scientific support for this assertion.
- Claimed conditions
- supraventricular arrythmias, atriial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19160752
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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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