The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions. The Veteran will need to undergo VA examinations to determine if she has current disabilities related to her in-service miscarriage and pregnancy difficulties, including neurobehavioral effects.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was not enough evidence to resolve the claims for service connection due to insufficient development of the record prior to the decision.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of miscarriage, acquired psychiatric disorder (neurobehavioral effects)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2023
- Citation
- A23028500
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury, intermittent vertigo, and residuals of miscarriage. The claims for other trauma or stressor related disorder and anxiety were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to a failure to provide an adequate examination and consideration of her contentions regarding secondary service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for PTSD, service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, gall bladder disorder, liver disorder, and residuals of a miscarriage are being remanded due to the need for additional development. The effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD is set at July 11, 2005.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to address the Veteran's claims for service connection and rating of her disabilities, including a VA examination to determine the etiology of her gall bladder disorder, fatty liver, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and back/neck pain/headaches.
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