The Board has remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for residuals of cardiovascular accidents, including transient ischemic attacks, as secondary to service-connected ischemic heart disease due to lack of a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran missed scheduled VA examinations and there is insufficient information in the record to make a decision on the claim without an examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease, Residuals of cardiovascular accidents (including transient ischemic attacks)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19197060
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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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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to request a medical opinion on whether service-connected hypertension or ischemic heart disease was a principal or contributory cause of the Veteran's death.
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