The Board has decided that the Veteran's sickle cell trait and anemia in remission are not service-connected due to lack of evidence showing aggravation during service, and a remand is required for further examination.
The deciding factor: The examiner must determine if there was any superimposed disease or injury during service that caused additional disability to the congenital defect.
- Claimed conditions
- sickle cell trait, sickle cell anemia in remission
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19191058
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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
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- Denied
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