The Board has remanded the case for further evidentiary development, including obtaining buddy statements or other alternative evidence to corroborate the veteran's claims of malaria and neck injury during service. The issues include service connection for residuals of a neck injury, malaria with secondary gallbladder condition, an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for impingement syndrome left shoulder (minor), and entitlement to individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was insufficient to at least put the claims in equipoise, necessitating further development from alternative sources such as buddy statements or other corroborative evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a neck injury, malaria with secondary gallbladder condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0633228
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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.
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