The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for AVM with repair, a bilateral eye disability, and a gastrointestinal disability due to inadequate reasons and bases in finding substantial compliance with prior remands. The Veteran's AVM is considered a congenital disease rather than a defect, and further examination and opinion are required.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the September 2020 VA opinion was not entirely adequate to decide the claim regarding the etiology of the Veteran's AVM with repair due to lack of rationale for why an opinion from a neurologist was no longer required or what had changed since prior remands.
- Claimed conditions
- AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation), Bilateral Eye Disability, Gastrointestinal Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22032374
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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
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