The case is being remanded for additional medical evaluation to determine if the Veteran's service-connected heart condition affected his ability to survive a motor vehicle accident and contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to provide detailed reasoning on whether the Veteran's CAD rendered him less capable of resisting the effects of the blunt force trauma or accelerated his death.
- Claimed conditions
- CAD (Coronary Artery Disease), preserved ejection fraction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2021
- Citation
- 21021931
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of 100 percent for CAD was granted effective November 28, 2023. The effective date is based on the date of a VA examination showing the increase in disability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for CAD and remanded the issue of service connection for granulomatous disease.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a separate rating of 10 percent for implantation of cardiac pacemaker due to third degree atrioventricular block is granted. The minimum 10 percent rating is assigned under DC 7018, as the Veteran does not experience supraventricular arrhythmias or ventricular arrhythmias related to his service-connected heart disability and the symptomatology is already contemplated by the rating for CAD.
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