The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA medical records and requesting an addendum from a VA examiner to determine if the veteran's memory loss is related to service exposure.
The deciding factor: The decision was not well grounded due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between the veteran's memory loss and service exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- memory loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2005
- Citation
- 0503017
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
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- Dismissed
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