The appeal is remanded to address whether a separate, compensable award for an aortic aneurysm is warranted.
The deciding factor: Further development is required to clarify the relationship between the Veteran's aortic aneurysm and his service-connected coronary artery disease, as well as to obtain additional private medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21062588
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, valvular heart disease (chest pain and cardiac valve stenosis), aortic aneurysm, and hypertension as these conditions were not found to be etiologically related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 15, 2022 for the award of service connection for aortic aneurysm as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for aortic aneurysm, finding no evidence of a causal relationship between the condition and his active-duty service. The claim for COPD was remanded for further development.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for aortic aneurysm, finding that it is at least as likely as not due to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
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