The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service records and the need for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's left salpingo oophorectomy is related to her service, including any verified periods of active duty training (ACDUTRA).
The deciding factor: Incomplete service records and the need for a VA examination to determine the etiology of the claimed condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left salpingo oophorectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19195171
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of service connection for left salpingo oophorectomy, finding that her current diagnosis is causally related to her in-service surgery.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating and service connection for her conditions was denied. The Board found no evidence of a current hormonal disability, and the Veteran's panic disorder and skin issues were not linked to her hysterectomy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for obtaining all relevant VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to address her claimed disability due to hormonal abnormalities, secondary to the residuals of status post hysterectomy. The examiner will provide opinions on whether any acquired psychiatric disability (panic disorder) was proximately due or aggravated by her service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran did not sustain any permanent and/or chronic disability as a result of treatment rendered at this medical facility in 1999, and there was no evidence of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA personnel. Therefore, the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for an April 1999 hysterectomy is denied.
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