The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the proximate cause and aggravation of the Veteran's infectious diseases by his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not provide sufficient opinions on whether the infectious diseases are proximately due or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected conditions, including coronary artery disease (CAD) and prostate cancer with radiation therapy.
- Claimed conditions
- actinomycosis, H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori), herpes zoster
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2022
- Citation
- 22064697
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations and service connection have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeals.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and sleep apnea. The effective date for the grant of service connection for herpes zoster was not earlier than March 22, 2020. An initial compensable rating for herpes zoster was also denied. However, an initial 10 percent rating for allergic rhinitis, a 30 percent rating for chronic sinusitis, and a 70 percent rating for unspecified anxiety disorder were granted.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the Veteran's herpes zoster and herpetic neuralgia, effective from April 29, 2004.
- Denied
The Board denied all claims for increased ratings and service connection, as the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.
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