The Veteran seeks service connection for a brain disorder, which he claims is related to his active duty service. The Board has ordered an examination and opinion regarding the nature and etiology of any current brain disorder, including whether it is due to or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The examiner will determine if the Veteran's current brain disorder had its onset during service or within one year after service, or is otherwise related to his active duty service. The examiner will also assess whether the Veteran's pre-existing condition was aggravated beyond its normal progression during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Brain aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2013
- Citation
- 1301971
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a brain aneurysm, vertigo (to include as secondary to the brain aneurysm), and hypertension due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service or exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.,Specifically, the Board found that there was no causal relationship between the Veteran's current disabilities and his in-service exposure to contaminants at Camp Lejeune.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a brain aneurysm, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and the Veteran's period of active service or any service-connected disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a cervical spine disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder, migraine headaches, and a brain aneurysm due to the need for additional evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for brain aneurysm is remanded due to a duty-to-assist error in the May 2020 rating decision. The Board finds that a new medical opinion is needed to address the nature and etiology of her current brain aneurysm disability.
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