The Veteran's claim for service connection for the residuals of a head injury is being remanded due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether it is at least as likely as not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected neck disability. The case will be returned to the Board after obtaining any outstanding VA treatment records and providing an adequate examination.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinion was speculative, failing to provide a clear determination on whether the Veteran's residuals of a head injury are at least as likely as not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected neck disability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head injury
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1026718
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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
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a back injury, head injury, and neck injury as the evidence did not support that these injuries occurred during or while traveling from active duty.
- Dismissed
The appeal has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
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