The Board has decided that the Veteran's Grave's disease may be related to his service, but needs further medical examination and opinion to determine this.
The deciding factor: The claim is remanded due to the need for a VA examination to assess the etiology of the Veteran's Grave's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Grave's disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19165880
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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.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection and rating issues related to various conditions, including obesity, chronic renal dysfunction/kidney disease, hyperthyroidism, Grave's disease, chronic liver disease, TMJ disorder, sleep apnea, back pain, dermatographic urticaria residuals from anthrax vaccine, and hemorrhoids.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran was not unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation by reason of his service-connected disabilities prior to July 11, 2019.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Grave's disease and denied revisions to prior rating decisions on the basis of clear and unmistakable error, as well as denying increased ratings and earlier effective dates for various conditions.
- Granted
Service connection for coronary artery disease is granted. Initial ratings for diabetes mellitus, left upper and right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are denied. An initial 20% disability rating for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is granted. Service connection for Grave's disease and lumbar spine disability is remanded.
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