The Veteran's heart disability is being remanded for further development to determine if the care provided by VA was reasonably foreseeable and caused his condition.
The deciding factor: Further examination is needed to determine if the events that led to the Veteran's disability were reasonably foreseeable under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic insufficiency, bovine aortic valve replacement, transient congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19178065
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 claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for status post aortic insufficiency due to bacterial endocarditis, with bovine aortic valve replacement and possible transient congestive heart failure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for an addendum VA opinion due to inconsistencies in the medical opinions provided.
- Partly granted
The June 1985 rating decision denying service connection for aortic insufficiency should be reversed due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE), as the RO's determination that there was no indication of aortic insufficiency in service was factually erroneous. The outcome would have been manifestly different had this error not been made.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for aortic insufficiency, finding no medical evidence linking the condition to service or any service-connected disability.
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