The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the current nature and likely etiology of the claimed conditions and their relationship to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- head laceration residuals, concussion residuals, left shoulder fracture residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1436807
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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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current cognitive impairments are at least in part related to his in-service TBI, and thus service connection is granted for residuals of a TBI.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for retained metallic objects, left hand has been granted.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for concussion residuals is remanded due to the need for a VA examination.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been denied. The Board found no current disabilities or evidence of in-service injuries, events, or diseases that would support the claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. The cases of bilateral hearing loss and concussion residuals are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.
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