The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for post-operative deviated nasal septum and headaches, residuals of a head injury are being remanded due to the need for additional development.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required as the criteria for evaluating disabilities due to traumatic brain injuries have been amended, necessitating review from the effective date of the change. The Veteran's claims also require an updated VA examination to assess current symptomatology and impairment levels.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative deviated nasal septum, headaches, residuals of head injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1009753
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The case is being remanded for the veteran to be provided a videoconference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.
- Denied
The Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-operative deviated nasal septum, allergic rhinitis, and Eustachian tube dysfunction. The evidence shows that the veteran had a pre-existing deviated nasal septum but developed allergic rhinitis with Eustachian tube dysfunction during his military service.
- 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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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