The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether POTS is related to service-connected peripheral neuropathy or if it had its onset in service. The Veteran's claim for secondary service connection will be reconsidered with a new medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not adequately address direct service connection and secondary causation/aggravation of the condition, as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24059400
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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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- Dismissed
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the August 2019 notice of disagreement was timely as to the December 2016 rating decision for POTS. The appeal is granted, but the case is remanded due to a need for an SOC regarding entitlement to an initial disability rating greater than 30 percent for POTS.
- Granted
The Veteran's POTS is granted at a 60% rating from May 10, 2021. The PTSD rating is restored to 70%. An effective date of February 3, 2020, for migraines service connection is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for POTS and migraine headaches are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors in the prior rating decisions.
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