The Veteran's claims for an increased rating for coronary artery disease and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not conduct METs testing, which is necessary for a complete evaluation of the Veteran's heart condition. The case must be returned for these tests to be conducted.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease of the LAD and RCA vessels, status post myocardial infarction, sinoatrial node dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2021
- Citation
- 21063869
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's sinoatrial node dysfunction is related to his Gulf War service or an undiagnosed illness. The examiner needs to provide a new opinion on these issues.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development due to incomplete opinions regarding service connection and rating of heart disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's current symptoms of a sinoatrial node dysfunction are etiologically related to his active military service, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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