The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the nature and severity of his TBI residuals, headaches, and cognitive impairment. The claim seeking a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) will be deferred until all other claims are resolved.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development as the current evidence does not provide sufficient information to rate his TBI residuals, headaches, and cognitive impairment under applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- further cognitive and neurobehavioral symptoms of TBI, limited intellectual endowment, personality/behavioral changes, nervousness, intermittent explosive behavior
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2014
- Citation
- 1411873
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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