The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the Veteran's Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD). The examiner is required to provide an opinion on whether FSAD is related to service, caused by or aggravated by her service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The decision requires additional medical opinions to clarify the relationship between the Veteran's FSAD and her military service as well as any service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19163090
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for asthma and service connection for heart palpitations, but remanded a claim for service connection for female sexual arousal disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for service-connected female sexual arousal disorder and remanded the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for dysmenorrhea due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, as well as effective dates prior to June 23, 2021.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected extensive abdominopelvic adhesive disease is found to be related to her FSAD, IBS, insomnia, anxiety, and depression. The claim for ovarian cancer secondary to the service-connected condition was also granted.
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