The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's LBBB disability is proximately caused or aggravated by his service-connected OSA.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was inadequate and did not address causation or aggravation prongs of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21067655
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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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- Granted
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- Granted
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