The Board remands the claims for service connection for hysterectomy and fibroids due to a need for additional development, including obtaining an addendum opinion on direct service connection and considering potential toxic exposure risk activity under the PACT Act.
The deciding factor: The reasoning is based on the need for further evidence and clarification regarding the Veteran's symptoms during service and their relationship to her current conditions, as well as potential toxic exposure risk activities under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- hysterectomy, fibroids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2024
- Citation
- 24002697
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 exostosis right foot and bilateral plantar fasciitis, but denied service connection for hysterectomy, left shoulder pain, right shoulder pain, dysmenorrhea, chronic obstructive lung disease, female sexual arousal disorder, and a foot callus.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected headaches were granted a rating of 50 percent, and she was also granted TDIU, DEA, and SMC for the period from March 27, 2017, to August 20, 2017.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher disability ratings or service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's hysterectomy and remanded the claim for service connection for restless leg syndrome.
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