The Board remands the claim for a heart disability, to include non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and coronary atherosclerosis, for further examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to failure to ensure substantial compliance with prior remand directives and to consider presumptive service connection for coronary atherosclerosis.
- Claimed conditions
- non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, coronary atherosclerosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22001468
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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