The case is being remanded for additional development to address whether the Veteran's pre-existing personality disorder was worsened by his head injury or if some other psychiatric disorder was incurred as a result of that injury.
The deciding factor: The April 2008 VA examination report did not adequately address the instructions included in the October 2006 remand, necessitating further development to ensure compliance with Board directives.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a cerebral contusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0908040
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,325 · Granted: 31% (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: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have residuals of a cerebral contusion related to his military service and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied. The issue of an initial compensable rating for migraines remains pending.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a cerebral contusion. The case is remanded for further development, including obtaining an opinion on the nature and etiology of any residuals of a cerebral contusion.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's preexisting disabilities, including fractures and contusions sustained in a 1979 accident prior to service, did not worsen during his active duty. Therefore, he was denied service connection for these conditions.
- Whole decision: 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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