The veteran seeks service connection for a nervous disorder with headaches, which she claims is related to her in-service laceration of the left eyebrow. The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between her current psychiatric conditions and the service-connected injury.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence supports the claim that the veteran's current psychiatric disorders are caused by or chronically worsened by the service-connected laceration of the left eyebrow.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous disorder with headaches, laceration of the left eyebrow
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0025746
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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 found that the service-connected residuals of a laceration of the left eyebrow do not meet the criteria for an increased rating under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA scar examination and consideration of the veteran's claim under both Diagnostic Codes 7800 and 7804.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's current nervous disorder with headaches to her active duty service, and denied her claim.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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