The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including obtaining an opinion on whether the veteran's NPH and gait disorder are related to his in-service head injury.
The deciding factor: Further medical examination is needed to determine if the veteran's service-connected conditions contributed to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- NPH, gait disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2008
- Citation
- 0830357
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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: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a gait disorder, to include involving the hips and spine, at any time during the appeal period. Therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board finds that it is at least as likely as not that disequilibrium with pain resulting in an unstable gait was caused by service-connected tinnitus and/or bilateral onychomycosis. As such, the Veteran's gait disorder is granted secondary to service-connected disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran claims service connection for a gait disorder with upper motor neuron signs and/or bilateral white matter ischemic changes, allegedly caused by exposure to ionizing radiation during military service. The Board has ordered further development including obtaining medical records and verifying in-service exposure.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found no medical evidence linking the veteran's current degenerative changes of the lumbar spine or gait disorder to his service, and thus denied both claims.
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