The Veteran's claim for service connection for subcortical dementia, claimed as brain dysfunction, is being remanded due to the need to obtain additional medical records and consider a recent letter from Dr. Pollen.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further development of the record by obtaining relevant medical records and considering a recent opinion from a private physician.
- Claimed conditions
- subcortical dementia, brain dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2011
- Citation
- 1145012
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a central nervous system disorder, including white matter disease and memory/cognitive disorder, is remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding exposure to burn pits in service and the relationship between her claimed condition and her service-connected migraines and major depressive disorder.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of head injury, including headaches, tinnitus, brain and motor dysfunction, speech disorder, and movement disorder of the hands, did not result in occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks prior to October 23, 2008.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for subcortical dementia has been dismissed due to his death.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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