The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for residuals of a head injury.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was presented which is significant enough to warrant consideration in deciding the merits of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of head injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2004
- Citation
- 0401915
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Decisions by this judge: 1,599 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for left and right shoulder pain, a left ankle condition, cervical spine pain, respiratory issues, bilateral hearing loss, and residuals of a head injury due to incomplete medical records and inadequate VA examinations.,Incomplete service treatment records are noted, which may affect the determination of service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error, and will need to provide an updated VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current head injury residuals are related to his service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury to schedule an examination due to the Veteran missing a scheduled VA examination without good cause.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral tinnitus was granted. The claims for bilateral hearing loss and residuals of head injury were denied, while the claim for headaches as a residual of head injury was remanded.
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