The Board remands the matter for further development, including to secure a VA medical examination and accompanying medical nexus opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to an incomplete medical opinion that does not address direct service connection for reasons other than TERA exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2024
- Citation
- 24003389
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
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