The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination and additional development of records, including Social Security Administration records.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further development as it involves potential service connection on the basis of aggravation of a pre-service disability.
- Claimed conditions
- syncopal episodes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2005
- Citation
- 0500979
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for muscle deterioration, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), heart condition, syncopal episodes, fibromyalgia, memory loss, and neurological condition are dismissed as the claim is considered duplicative.,The Veteran's claims for CFS, a heart condition, syncopal episodes, fibromyalgia, memory loss, and a neurological condition to include tremors and/or Parkinson's disease are denied. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions occurred in service or were caused by exposure to Gulf War environmental hazards.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for syncopal episodes, finding that there is no evidence of a separate and distinct disability such as transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which would be required to establish service connection. The Veteran's symptoms were found to be related to his complex migraines.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for neurological and cardiac disabilities due to environmental exposures during his Persian Gulf service, pills/vaccines received as precaution against potential chemical attacks, or an undiagnosed illness.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for POTS, but the issues of bilateral knee disability, all-joint degenerative condition, migraines, fibromyalgia, muscle degenerative condition, chronic nerve pain, and eating disorder are remanded due to lack of clarity in the diagnoses.
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