The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a stroke, but remanded to obtain an addendum opinion regarding whether her stroke is proximately due to or aggravated by her service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran’s residuals of a stroke is at least as likely as not (1) proximately due to her service-connected hypertension, or (2) aggravated beyond its natural progression by her service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a stroke
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19164887
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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 increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, a heart condition, and residuals of a stroke for further development.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a stroke, finding it at least as likely as not that the Veteran's stroke was proximately due to his service-connected hypertension.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for memory loss, sleep apnea, hypertension, diabetes, residuals of a stroke, and tremors. However, it granted service connection for bladder cancer and prostate cancer.
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