The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration, including a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current conditions are related to her hepatitis C.
The deciding factor: The claims are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and clarification of the relationship between the Veteran's current conditions and her hepatitis C.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle injury, hepatitis C, cirrhosis of the liver, hypertension (HTN), kidney disability, lupus, esophageal blood clots
- 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
- 19165465
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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 service connection for hepatitis C, jaundice, hypogeusia, and hyposmia as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C and remanded the claim for a heart disability due to insufficient evidence.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for various conditions were dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for pheochromocytoma, hypertension (HTN), heart condition, and diabetes mellitus, type II due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.
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