The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA medical records and arranging for a VA examination to determine if any current neck or cervical spine disability is related to service.
The deciding factor: The examiner will assess whether it is at least as likely as not that any diagnosed neck or cervical spine disability is the result of injury incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of head and neck injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2008
- Citation
- 0842935
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA disability benefits records and medical records.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's appeal on all issues except for entitlement to a compensable rating for perianal warts is withdrawn. The claim of an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected major depressive disorder secondary to perianal warts remains denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to allow for agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) consideration of newly submitted evidence related to the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head and neck injury.
- Denied
The Board found no credible evidence to support the veteran's claim that he suffered a head and neck injury in service, thus denying his claim for service connection.
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