The Board has ordered a remand to obtain additional medical evidence for the veteran's claims of service connection for post-traumatic encephalopathy and a compensable disability rating for shell fragment wound scars. The case will be returned to the RO after the requested development.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to deficiencies in the evidence upon which the Board based its denials, as ordered by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (now known as the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims).
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic encephalopathy, shell fragment wound scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0003172
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Hays Medical Center on June 18, 2013 were not reimbursable as the treatment was not rendered in a medical emergency and VA facilities were readily available.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and psychotic disorder, cervical spine disability, low back disability, tinnitus, shell fragment wound scars, hemorrhoids, and left ear hearing loss, result in painful, limited motion that impairs his ability to perform employment of both a physical and sedentary nature. The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these disabilities prevent him from obtaining and retaining substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's post-traumatic encephalopathy is related to his in-service shrapnel wound and grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine his eligibility for specially adapted housing.
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