The Board has remanded the claims for additional disability compensation and service connection for a heart condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder, as these issues are inextricably intertwined with the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to complications from a May 2017 colonoscopy.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the claims of service connection for heart condition and acquired psychiatric disorder are secondary to the 1151 claim, which requires further analysis regarding whether VA providers failed to diagnose or treat any abnormality at the time of the Veteran's May 2017 colonoscopy.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart condition, Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23055400
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error in failing to obtain private treatment records from the Veteran's treating clinician.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of August 13, 2018, for the award of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted. The Veteran also meets the schedular criteria for entitlement to TDIU prior to June 1, 2023.
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