The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for heart disease, other than hypertension, to include aortic stenosis due to incomplete development of the record and need for additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further development and medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disease, Aortic stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20003178
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a TDIU prior to May 3, 2017 and refers the claim for service connection for heart disease back to the AOJ.
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