The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection, a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to December 9, 2019, and TDIU are remanded due to unclear evidence regarding her cardiac disability and inadequate range of motion testing on her lumbar spine examinations.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's claims for service connection, a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to December 9, 2019, and TDIU are remanded due to unclear evidence regarding her cardiac disability and inadequate range of motion testing on her lumbar spine examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- PSVT, degenerative joint disease of the sacroiliac joint and lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23024639
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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 claims for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the likely etiology of the claimed cardiac condition and a retroactive opinion regarding the service-connected back disability. The Veteran's statements about her symptoms during service are considered in forming these opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a cardiac disability, to include PSVT, and for an increased rating for degenerative joint disease of the sacroiliac joint and lumbar spine. The TDIU claim is also remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection, increased ratings, and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and an addendum opinion regarding her cardiac disability. The VA examinations were not fully compliant with the requirements of Correia v. McDonald (2016).
- 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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