The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's diagnosis of spinal meningitis during service and the current residuals.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further examination to determine if the veteran had spinal meningitis in service and any current disabilities related to that illness.
- Claimed conditions
- spinal meningitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2005
- Citation
- 0501884
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,177 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for 20 conditions including depression, anxiety, and traumatic brain injury, finding insufficient evidence of in-service incurrence or nexus. The Board remanded three conditions (back condition, left lower extremity neuropathy, and left leg condition) for further adjudication.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a right shoulder disability, right wrist and left wrist disabilities, right hand and left hand disabilities, cervical spine disability, and spinal meningitis. The appeals are being returned to the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination to assess the nature and extent of any residuals associated with the service-connected spinal meningitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for hypertension under the PACT Act, but remanded other claims due to incomplete development and need for additional medical opinions.
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