The Board has ordered additional development of the veteran's claims file, including obtaining VA medical records and requesting new opinions from qualified specialists. The case will be reviewed again to determine if an increased disability rating can be granted for his service-connected chronic brain syndrome.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to fully assess the veteran's condition and its impact on his ability to function socially and occupationally, as well as to determine whether any nonservice-connected conditions are responsible for some of his symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic brain syndrome associated with trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0022662
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of March 16, 1997 for the veteran's total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities causing him to become totally unable to obtain and maintain gainful employment as of that date.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a Board hearing at the RO.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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