The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether interstitial cystitis is related to service and/or secondary to uterine fibroids.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was inadequate as it did not address the continuity of symptoms, their correlation with the diagnosis, or the relationship between the condition and the service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Interstitial cystitis, Uterine fibroids
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19177231
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's eye disability was granted a 30 percent rating as of September 6, 2019. The case for service connection of uterine fibroids is remanded due to incomplete opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's interstitial cystitis is rated as 40 percent disabling, but the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted. The low back disability and gastrointestinal conditions are remanded for further development.
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