The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further examination and review of his claims, including a potential service connection claim for headaches related to a shrapnel injury.
The deciding factor: The presence of the metallic foreign body in the veteran's scalp may be linked to his military service, but an opinion on whether it caused or aggravated his current headaches is needed.
- Claimed conditions
- shrapnel injury to the forehead, headaches disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2004
- Citation
- 0422818
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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 Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is currently rated at 80 percent, which is the maximum rating available. The Veteran's tinnitus has been assigned a 10 percent rating, which is also the maximum rating.,Service connection for back disability, headaches disability, insomnia disability, left shoulder disability, and right shoulder disability are remanded due to missing private medical records.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates, compensable ratings, and service connection due to a lack of evidence supporting these claims.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for scars of the bilateral hands and arms, denied higher ratings for knee strain, dyspnea, erectile dysfunction, and tinnitus, and remanded several other issues including service connection for headaches disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right knee strain and denied service connection for a headaches disability. The left knee condition was remanded for further development.
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