The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for congenital absence of the right and left pectoralis major muscles with recurrent dislocations due to conflicting VA opinions regarding their nature.
The deciding factor: The Board found that more development is necessary to reconcile conflicting VA opinions on whether the disabilities are congenital defects or diseases, and if they preexisted service.
- Claimed conditions
- Congenital absence of the right pectoralis major muscles with recurrent dislocations, Congenital absence of the left pectoralis major muscles with recurrent dislocations
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2022
- Citation
- 22033514
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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.
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