The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for cerebral degeneration, but finds that additional development is required before deciding whether service connection should be granted.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received to reopen the previously denied claim, but further development is needed to determine if service connection can be established.
- Claimed conditions
- cerebral degeneration, spinocerebellar ataxia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0944541
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for spinocerebellar ataxia due to in-service toxic exposure. Service connection for peripheral neuropathy is also granted, but the Veteran's claim was reopened on new evidence.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and remanded the cases of spinocerebellar ataxia and tinnitus due to lack of evidence supporting these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient information regarding the Veteran's diagnoses and their relation to his service, specifically exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune or herbicides in Vietnam.
- Granted
The Veteran's spinocerebellar ataxia is granted as service connected. Service connection for DDD of the lumbar spine, skin cancer, residuals of a right elbow fracture, and bilateral hearing loss are remanded.
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