The Board has remanded the case for additional development to obtain service medical records and post-service treatment records.
The deciding factor: The VA is required to provide additional development of evidence as requested by the Court's joint motion to remand the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic organic brain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2005
- Citation
- 0514741
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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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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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