The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to the need for a VA examination by an Endocrinologist and further consideration of his dental disability claim.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending as the Veteran needs additional medical evaluation and review of his dental condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypoparathyroidism, Cardiovascular disability associated with hypoparathyroidism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22032328
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development, including obtaining an examination by an Endocrinologist and a VA neurological examination.
- Denied
The Veteran's hypoparathyroidism is not considered a qualifying additional disability for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to the August 2009 surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which was performed by a non-VA employee and in a facility outside of VA jurisdiction.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected hypothyroidism and hypoparathyroidism were denied as the evidence did not show that either condition warranted a rating in excess of 30 percent or 10 percent, respectively.
- 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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