The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a search of missing service treatment records and associated files. The appeal is currently pending due to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to incomplete documentation and the need for further searches of VA records.
- Claimed conditions
- multiple system atrophy (MSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2013
- Citation
- 1343264
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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 the claim for service connection for multiple system atrophy (MSA) for substitution purposes, as there was no evidence of in-service exposure to Agent Orange and MSA did not have its onset during or within a year after service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is being remanded for a VA examination. The Board has also decided to remand the claims of service connection for MSA, Parkinsonism with memory loss secondary to MSA, abducens nerve palsy secondary to MSA, autonomic disorder secondary to MSA, axonal neuropathy secondary to MSA, cognitive brain disorder secondary to MSA, cervical spine disability secondary to MSA, coordination/balance disorder secondary to MSA, dysphagic and choking secondary to MSA, fatty liver/pyelonephritis secondary to MSA, fracture rib disability secondary to coordination/balance disorder due to MSA, frontoparietal volume loss secondary to MSA, and hypertension (HTN) secondary to MSA. The claims are being remanded for further evidentiary development.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals as to service connection for a neurodegenerative disorder, including multiple system atrophy (MSA), cerebellar ataxia, paralysis of the upper and lower extremities, dysarthria, and urinary incontinence due to the death of the Veteran.
- Denied
The Veteran's current neurological disability, diagnosed as vasovagal syncope and claimed as multiple system atrophy (MSA), is denied because the evidence does not support a finding of service connection due to lack of exposure to ionizing radiation or other in-service injury.
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