The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of right subacute cerebellar embolic infarct and vestibular neuritis requires additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting an examination to determine current condition and any residuals.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded due to the need for additional evidence and a thorough examination to address the Veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right subacute cerebellar embolic infarct, vestibular neuritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1018408
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 23, 2017, and no earlier, for the award of service connection for vestibular neuritis and a rating of 30 percent for the period from August 31, 2021.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's vestibular neuritis and his service-connected tinnitus.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is about whether he should receive a higher rating for his vestibular neuritis, which was previously rated at 10 percent. The Board has decided to remand the case back to the RO so they can consider if a single rating under DC 6205 would be more appropriate than separate ratings under DCs 6204 and 6260.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is granted as service-connected.,An effective date of May 23, 2007 for the grant of service connection for vestibular neuritis is granted.
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