The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding service connection for heart conditions. The Veteran's lay statements and service treatment records are considered in assessing his claim.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to consider the significant medical facts from the service treatment records, including documented heart murmurs on examination.
- Claimed conditions
- heart conditions, heart murmurs, irregular beat
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2026
- Citation
- A26010318
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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 increased ratings, TDIU, special monthly compensation, and Dependents' Educational Assistance due to insufficient evidence of a higher disability rating or unemployability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes, heart conditions, chronic kidney disease (CKD), left and right lower extremity neuropathy, and headaches as the evidence did not support a direct relationship to the Veteran's active service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for fibromyalgia and heart conditions, both presumptively linked to the Veteran's active service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations. The Board also granted a 70 percent disability rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for heart conditions was dismissed due to untimeliness, and the claim for renal disease was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability.
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