The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's hysterectomy and her service.
The deciding factor: The March 2015 VA examiner’s rationale for a negative nexus opinion failed to fully address the Veteran’s relevant medical history, including fibroids found in a January 2006 ultrasound and reported pelvic pain and uterine bleeding since service at the time of her February 2014 hysterectomy.
- Claimed conditions
- fibroids, pelvic pain, uterine bleeding
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20000964
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 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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew all appeals related to service connection for urinary pain, ejaculation pain, groin pain, pelvic pain, and sleep disturbance.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and remanded several issues for further development, while dismissing or denying service connection for various conditions.
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