Citation Nr: 21014434 Decision Date: 03/12/21 Archive Date: 03/12/21 DOCKET NO. 09-00 685 DATE: March 12, 2021 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for a heart disorder is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for a skin disorder is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for fibromyalgia with chronic fatigue is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The appellant had active military service from May to August 1974 with subsequent service in the Army National Guard. She testified before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge during a June 2015 hearing. This matter is on appeal from July 2009 and October 2015 rating decisions. These claims were denied by the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) in a January 2020 decision. The appellant thereafter appealed the Board’s decision to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court). In an Order dated in October 2020, the Court granted a Joint Motion for Partial Remand (JMPR) by the appellant and VA General Counsel, which was incorporated by reference, to vacate the Board’s decision and remand the case for readjudication in accordance with the JMPR. In January 2020, the Board also remanded the issues of service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. These issues are still being developed, and have not been returned to the Board for readjudication. Accordingly, they will be the subject of a future Board decision. 1. Entitlement to service connection for a heart disorder is remanded. 2. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus type II is remanded. 3. Entitlement to service connection for a skin disorder is remanded. 4. Entitlement to service connection for fibromyalgia with chronic fatigue is remanded. The appellant reported seeking treatment for symptoms pertaining to her heart disorder, diabetes mellitus, skin disorder, and fibromyalgia with chronic fatigue while on Fort McClellan during a period of active duty for training (ACDUTRA). As discussed in the JMPR, review of the record does not reveal records from her period of ACDUTRA service. Service treatment records (STRs) consisting only of her August 1974 discharge examination were received in December 2004, while STRs from the Adjutant General of Alabama were received in April 2016. Additionally, information from the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) received in December 2020 shows that all available medical records have already been uploaded in her electronic claims file. However, in light of the appellant’s reports of treatment at Fort McClellan, remand is necessary to request outstanding STRs, if any, from Fort McClellan. The matters are REMANDED for the following action: Request copies of any outstanding service treatment records from Fort McClellan for the period between 1974 and 1983. As per a May 2020 statement from the appellant and her personnel records received in September 2020, she was stationed with the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in Fort McClellan for 11 weeks in 1974; and was stationed in Sheffield, Alabama with the 330 MP Company from 1974 to 1980, and with the 115 Signal Battalion in the National Guard from 1981 to 1983. If the records cannot be located, please specify the attempts that were made to locate them and explain in writing why further attempts to locate or obtain any government records would be futile. Then: (a) notify the appellant and her representative of the specific records that are unable to be obtained; (b) explain the efforts VA has made to obtain that evidence; and (c) describe any further action that will be taken with respect to the claims. The appellant and her representative must then be given an opportunity to respond. A. C. MACKENZIE Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board L. Barstow, Counsel The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.