The Veteran's claim for service connection for myelofibrosis is being remanded due to the addition of new evidence, including a September 2019 expert medical opinion and a November 2019 statement from the Veteran. The RO will consider this new evidence in the first instance.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the new evidence is pertinent to the Veteran's claim for service connection for myelofibrosis and requires consideration by the RO.
- Claimed conditions
- myelofibrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19196009
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for myelofibrosis and anemia, finding that there was no evidence of a causal relationship between these conditions and his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than April 26, 2021 for the award of service connection for graft versus host disease associated with myelofibrosis.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for myelofibrosis, finding it to be related to toxic exposure risk activity during the Veteran's active military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for myelofibrosis, finding no current diagnosis and insufficient evidence of a link to in-service herbicide exposure.
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