The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for traumatic brain injury residuals is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to properly assess the severity of the Veteran's service-connected traumatic brain injury residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic brain injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2013
- Citation
- 1300407
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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 Board has denied service connection for traumatic brain injury residuals and obstructive sleep apnea, but has remanded the claim for lumbosacral strain due to insufficient evidence.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for traumatic brain injury residuals, including residual scars, as these conditions are found to have originated during active service.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment since November 6, 2018. The Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from that date.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for traumatic brain injury residuals and migraine headaches. The remaining issues of service connection for lumbosacral spine disability, cervical spine disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction are remanded.
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