The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of head injuries is being remanded due to the need to obtain relevant records from his unit and SSA.
The deciding factor: VA needs to obtain log books from the veteran's assigned unit and SSA records related to his Social Security benefits application.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of head injuries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0027732
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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 claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, due to a lack of medical evidence linking these conditions to active duty service.
- Denied
The Board found no current residual of in-service head injuries and denied the claim for service connection.
- Granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and residuals of head injuries. The Veteran's in-service noise exposure is presumed, and his current disabilities are found to be related to active service.
- Partly granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of head injuries and facial spasm and cluster headaches, but further development is needed to determine if these conditions are related to his service-connected knee disabilities.
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