The Board remands the claims for service connection for heart disease and liver disability, to include supraventricular arrhythmia and cirrhosis respectively, due to water contamination at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: Additional development is necessary to obtain a medical opinion addressing the possibility of a nexus between the claimed disabilities and the toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disease, to include supraventricular arrhythmia, Liver disability, to include cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25030716
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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