The appeal is remanded for further development, including a new examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current chronic headache or psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that an updated examination was necessary due to lack of recent medical evidence and unclear previous examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2008
- Citation
- 0814119
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Decisions by this judge: 2,020 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran requested to withdraw the appeal of four issues related to low back disability, brain injury residuals, and radiculopathy. The Board dismissed these appeals as a result.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current brain injury is related to his service. The Veteran claims he developed a brain injury from boxing in service, but the VA examiner found no evidence of such injuries in his records and linked his current symptoms to hypertension medication or sleep apnea.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran did not timely file a substantive appeal regarding his claim for service connection for residuals of a brain injury and plate bone injury, resulting in the denial of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeal is denied as he does not have residuals of a brain injury that are related to service.
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