The Board has remanded the case for further development, including an examination to determine if the veteran's current vestibulitis is related to his military service. The claim will be reconsidered based on all evidence.
The deciding factor: The examiner must review the entire claims folder and provide a medical opinion regarding whether the veteran's current symptoms are related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- vestibulitis, dizziness, nausea, vomiting
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0631302
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for dizziness, migraine headaches, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, and asthma, secondary to a service-connected condition. The claim for an initial compensable rating for syphilis was denied.
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