The Board has remanded the case due to the need for VA to locate and associate private treatment records from St. Joseph Mercy Hospital regarding the Veteran's hysterectomy.
The deciding factor: VA needs to locate and associate previously submitted private treatment records from St. Joseph Mercy Hospital with the Veteran's electronic claims file.
- Claimed conditions
- gynecological disorder, fibroid tumors, total hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2024
- Citation
- 24007010
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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 the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including left hip disorder, bilateral ankle disorder, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, heart disorder, insomnia, sexual arousal disorder, gynecological disorder, rheumatoid arthritis, and HTN. The evidence did not support a current diagnosis of these conditions or their relationship to military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a gynecological disorder, finding no evidence of a disability during the appeal period and noting that there was no indication of chronic residuals associated with in-service genital warts. Post-service post-menopausal bleeding has not been linked to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for fibroid tumors for additional development, specifically an addendum medical opinion.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a low back disability, major depressive disorder, fibroid tumors, and complete and total hysterectomy due to concurrent elections of review requests.
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