The Veteran's right renal infarcts associated with right renal artery thrombosis is being remanded for further development to determine if it is secondary to his service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not address the possibility of aggravation, which is a necessary part of the secondary service connection analysis.
- Claimed conditions
- right renal infarcts associated with right renal artery thrombosis, fibromuscular dysplasia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24027860
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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
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