The Board remands the matter for further development to obtain the Veteran's complete Reserve service personnel records, specifically including the nature of her service at the time of her hysterectomy in December 1994.
The deciding factor: The Board did not satisfy its duty to assist the Veteran by ensuring that her service personnel records from her period of reserve service were obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a total abdominal hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25007271
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board found that the December 1997 and January 1999 rating decisions were not the product of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a total abdominal hysterectomy, finding that the Veteran's endometriosis and resultant hysterectomy were not linked to her in-service pelvic symptoms or difficult labor during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's hysterectomy is related to her service, including physical demands and complaints of pelvic pain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's total abdominal hysterectomy was not performed by a VA employee or in a VA facility, and thus she is denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for the residuals of her surgery.
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