The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated medical records and providing a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further evidence and evaluation as per the instructions provided in the May 2010 remand order.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety reaction with headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1219041
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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 Board dismissed the Veteran's claim for revision of a June 1985 rating decision that denied a rating higher than 30 percent for psychiatric disability on the basis of clear and unmistakable error, finding the Veteran and his attorney failed to set forth the alleged error with specificity and legal or factual basis. The dismissal is without prejudice to refiling.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and a need for further examination.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction with headaches contributed to his death by causing or contributing to heart failure.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected postoperative residuals of herniated nucleus pulposus materially contributed to his death. Therefore, the appellant is eligible for educational benefits under Chapter 35 of Title 38, United States Code.
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