The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, Social Security Administration disability determination records, and a neuropsychological examination to address the nature and severity of his cavernous sinus thrombosis status post multiple strokes.
The deciding factor: There are inconsistencies in the extent of neurological dysfunction reported by the Veteran and documented in service and post-service records, including possibly due to recent stroke or stroke-like events. The current examinations have not adequately addressed these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- cavernous sinus thrombosis, multiple strokes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2012
- Citation
- 1215563
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of multiple strokes was dismissed due to his death before the Board could make a decision.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not service-connected, and the appellant did not meet the income requirements for death pension benefits.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was caused by or substantially contributed to by a disability incurred in or aggravated by active service, specifically his reported in-service frostbite while on active duty in Korea. The Appellant's claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is therefore granted.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for the cause of death is not well grounded, as there is no medical evidence establishing a nexus between the veteran's inservice neck injury and surgery and his subsequent subarachnoid hemorrhage and multiple strokes.
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