The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a new VA neurological examination to determine the nature and etiology of the appellant's current disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner must reconcile the July 2008 and April 2010 VA neurological examinations based on the appellant's service treatment records and subsequent medical history.
- Claimed conditions
- syncopal attacks, nervous condition, head trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2011
- Citation
- 1103418
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the appellant's motion to revise a September 1949 rating decision that denied service connection for a nervous condition, finding no CUE and concluding the denial was not erroneous.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal regarding head trauma, and the Board dismissed it.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders. The AOJ must obtain SSA records and provide an addendum medical opinion addressing the onset and relationship of any diagnosed psychiatric disorder to service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for head trauma as there is no persuasive evidence showing the Veteran incurred a head injury or had a diagnosis of head trauma during his active service.
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