The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded to allow for further examination and opinion regarding the relationship between his current disabilities, including head injury, back disability, shoulder disorders, cervical spine disorder, and tinnitus, and his active service.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is needed to determine if there is a link between the Veteran's current disabilities and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- head injury, head pain, memory loss, back disability (to include thoracic and lumbar spine), right shoulder disorder with arthritis, left shoulder disorder with arthritis, cervical spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1006298
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a head injury, headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, left earache disorder, chronic fatigue, right shoulder disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, right foot disorder, GERD, and left shoulder disorder, as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for a cervical spine disorder and bilateral cataracts of the eyes.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for fibromyalgia was granted with an effective date of August 14, 2023. The appeals for earlier effective dates and higher ratings were denied.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for memory loss and found that the issue of TDIU from September 6, 2022 is moot.
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