The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for lid myokymia and service connection for adrenal adenoma due to inadequate examinations in April 2015. The Veteran needs a new VA examination to determine if his lid myokymia has resolved, when it resolved, and how it resolved. An addendum opinion is needed regarding whether the Veteran's hypertension was caused by an adrenal adenoma.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the April 2015 VA examinations were inadequate and remanded for further evaluations to address these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- lid myokymia, adrenal adenoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2021
- Citation
- 21022077
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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
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- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for adrenal adenoma and WBC count abnormality, finding that there is no persuasive evidence to support these conditions as being related to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an adrenal adenoma is being remanded due to a duty to assist error. The AOJ needs to request complete copies of the treatment records submitted by the Veteran and obtain authorization from him to release these records.
- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension is related to acknowledged herbicide exposure in service and granted pursuant to the PACT Act. The issues of adrenal adenoma, BPH, essential thrombocythemia, MPN, polycythemia vera, renal lesion, and polymyalgia rheumatica are remanded for further examination and opinion regarding their relationship to herbicide exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for adrenal adenoma as secondary to his service-connected hypertension and a compensable rating for myokymia. The Board found that there was no evidence showing that the Veteran’s adrenal adenoma or myokymia were caused by his service-connected hypertension.
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