The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's blood clots are caused or aggravated by her service-connected conditions. The VA will need to obtain further opinions and gather additional evidence before making a decision.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to provide an adequate medical opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's blood clots, specifically addressing whether they are caused or aggravated by her service-connected endometriosis, endocervicitis, hysterectomy, and fallopian tube adhesion disease.
- Claimed conditions
- blood clots, endometriosis, endocervicitis, hysterectomy, fallopian tube adhesion disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20033568
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims of service connection for a back disability, endometriosis, thyroid condition, and chronic fatigue syndrome due to new evidence submitted since the last final denial. The claims are now considered on their merits.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hemorrhagic ovarian cysts and denied service connection for endometriosis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a left wrist fracture, bilateral hearing loss, Type II diabetes, bilateral glaucoma, OSA, cervical disc herniation, and other musculoskeletal issues are denied.,Service connection is not established for any of the claimed conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current hemorrhoids and hysterectomy are service-connected, but her ADHD is not a separate disability from her PTSD with MDD. The claim for hysterectomy is remanded due to a duty-to-assist error.
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