The veteran's claim for a higher rating for her service-connected residuals of a heat injury is being remanded to allow for additional development, including a new examination and consideration of the appropriate diagnostic codes.
The deciding factor: The current evidence does not provide sufficient information about the nature and severity of the veteran's symptoms related to her service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a heat injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0510758
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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.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for residuals of a heat injury, acquired psychiatric disorder (to include depression and anxiety), and migraine headaches. The evidence does not support finding that these conditions began during service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for migraine headaches, residuals of a heat injury, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records. The Veteran's appeal remains pending and will be reconsidered after these actions.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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