The Board has remanded the case due to several issues, including verifying the veteran's service on the U.S.S. Calhoun County and obtaining additional medical opinions regarding his brain tissue necrosis.
The deciding factor: Service connection for radiation exposure is not established as the veteran served on a ship that was not specifically identified as having transported radioactive materials.
- Claimed conditions
- brain tissue necrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2007
- Citation
- 0723651
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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 found that the Veteran's brain tissue necrosis is not related to his service, including exposure to ionizing radiation. The claim for service connection was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for brain tissue necrosis, including as a result of exposure to ionizing radiation, is being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for additional medical opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining records from the DOE and VA Medical Centers. The Veteran's claim of service connection for brain tissue necrosis is currently under review.
- 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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