The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development due to an inadequate medical opinion on record.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinions were based on incorrect factual premises and did not consider the Veteran's reported symptoms and how they align with known medical knowledge.
- Claimed conditions
- uterine condition, ovarian condition
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21062653
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 21062653.
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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has dismissed the appeal regarding a duty to assist error for service connection for a hysterectomy and has remanded the case for further development on whether the Veteran's hysterectomy is related to her service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's SMC based on anatomical loss of a creative organ is granted with an effective date of October 1, 2015. This decision is based on the award of service connection for hysterectomy as secondary to her already service-connected uterine condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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