The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) due to insufficient evidence and inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to the RO's failure to obtain private treatment records and an adequate addendum medical opinion, as well as the inadequacy of the current medical opinion provided.
- Claimed conditions
- Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2024
- Citation
- 24001267
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and anemia, but remanded claims for chronic kidney disease, hematuria, and multiple myeloma.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) to ensure a new TERA opinion is obtained, addressing specific toxic exposures and their potential impact on MGUS.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected Parkinsonism, as it meets the criteria for such benefits.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), as there was no evidence to show that the condition had manifested as symptomatic multiple myeloma.
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