The Board remands the veteran's claims for severance of service connection for recurrent headaches, left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and thoracic spinal cord damage to the RO for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence is insufficient to determine whether the severance was proper without additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent headaches, left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, thoracic spinal cord damage, left lower extremity, thoracic spinal cord damage, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0903946
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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