The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a brain injury is being remanded due to the need to obtain SSA disability benefits records.
The deciding factor: SSA disability benefits records are required to be obtained as part of the complete evidentiary record.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2013
- Citation
- 1339111
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested to withdraw the appeal of four issues related to low back disability, brain injury residuals, and radiculopathy. The Board dismissed these appeals as a result.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current brain injury is related to his service. The Veteran claims he developed a brain injury from boxing in service, but the VA examiner found no evidence of such injuries in his records and linked his current symptoms to hypertension medication or sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran did not timely file a substantive appeal regarding his claim for service connection for residuals of a brain injury and plate bone injury, resulting in the denial of the appeal.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal is denied as he does not have residuals of a brain injury that are related to service.
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