The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to issues related to her heart disorder, anemia, and hypertension. The specific focus is on determining whether these conditions are related to any environmental hazard exposures experienced by the Veteran during her service in Southwest Asia.
The deciding factor: The nature and etiology of the Veteran’s heart disorder need to be determined, including whether it is a diagnosable but medically unexplained chronic multi-symptoms illness (MUCMI) or a disease with a clear and specific etiology. The examiner should also assess if there is any link between her service-connected conditions and these disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- scoliosis, trigger finger of the left hand, ganglion cyst of the left hand, coronary artery disease (CAD), acute renal failure (ARF), anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20004766
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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