The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient compliance with previous remand directives and an additional medical opinion is needed.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was based on the absence of in-service documentation, which is not dispositive for service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- fibroids, cyst, vaginal infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19191582
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication for the claims of service connection for left foot hallux valgus and tinea versicolor, but denied the claims for tinea corporis, tinea cruris, carbuncle, cyst, and scarring secondary to tinea versicolor.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher disability ratings or service connection.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for fibroids, finding that the Veteran's fibroids are related to her active-duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for service connection for a hysterectomy, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, and fibroids, as well as entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ due to lack of new and relevant evidence.
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