The Board has determined that the Veteran's interstitial cystitis may be related to VA-prescribed medications, and thus remands for an independent medical opinion to determine if any additional disability is due to carelessness or fault on VA's part.
The deciding factor: The decision was made based on the possibility of causation by VA-prescribed medications without a definitive determination of service connection theory.
- Claimed conditions
- Interstitial cystitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187376
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.
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The Board remands the claims for increased ratings for interstitial cystitis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and HPV with genital herpes due to missing service treatment records and conflicting examination reports.
- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for psychiatric disability, residuals of shell fragment wounds to the face and right elbow, interstitial cystitis, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus.
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