The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's muscle pain and neurological symptoms.
The deciding factor: Further examination is required to determine the nature of any current disabilities and their likely etiology, including consideration of continuity of symptomatology since service.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle pain, neurological symptoms (including muscle fatigue), neuropsychological symptoms (including memory loss)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 1, 2015
- Citation
- 1537290
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for muscle pain, finding that his symptoms are already accounted for by his existing service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has withdrawn claims for service connection for joint pains and muscle pain. The remaining issues of service connection for right hand, left hand, left knee, seizures/tremors, immune disorder, and nerve damage are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error and further examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for Gulf War Syndrome is remanded due to a lack of examination and opinion regarding the relationship between his symptoms and service. The case will be reviewed again with an appropriate medical examination.
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