The Board has determined that additional development is necessary to determine if the veteran's dementia caused him to be violent and placed him in a dangerous situation, which led to his subdural hematoma and herniated cervical discs. The VA will need to obtain all relevant medical records from July through August 2001.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional development is necessary due to incomplete medical records regarding the veteran's treatment prior to and during the incident in August 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- subdural hematoma, herniated cervical discs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0409330
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for subdural hematoma to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death and entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C. §1151, as there was no evidence that any of the listed conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for insomnia as secondary to his service-connected subdural hematoma has been granted. The claims for earlier effective dates for TDIU and SMC-S have been dismissed due to the benefits being granted in full by the originating agency prior to a decision by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
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