The Board previously denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of pregnancy and miscarriage. The Court has now ordered a remand due to incomplete records from her Vet Center treatment.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records at the Veteran's Vet Center have been identified as a reason for remanding the case.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of pregnancy, miscarriage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19194381
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Decisions by this judge: 1,812 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a hysterectomy and miscarriage, both etiologically related to the Veteran's active-duty service, including potential herbicide exposure.
- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including migraines, tinnitus, sleep disorder, recurrent fainting, bowel condition, hysterectomy, ovarian cysts, scar tissue, miscarriage, fibroids, heavy menstruation, skin disorder, hair loss condition, and stiff-man syndrome, due to gaps in the Veteran's service treatment records and inadequate medical opinions.
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