The Veteran's claim for service connection for cerebral atrophy and right anterior cerebral dysfunction with essential tremor is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and consideration of all relevant evidence.
The deciding factor: Additional medical examination is required to assess the relationship between the Veteran's current conditions and his military service, including exposure to chemicals and head trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- cerebral atrophy, right anterior cerebral dysfunction with essential tremor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2016
- Citation
- 1611345
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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.
- Dismissed
Your appeal has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The claims for service connection have not been decided.
- Dismissed
Your appeal has been dismissed because the Veteran's service connection for cerebral atrophy and memory loss was granted in a rating decision issued in August 2021.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's cerebral atrophy, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his in-service head injury. The decision resolves all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for an addendum opinion regarding whether cerebral atrophy is caused by or worsened by service-connected unspecified trauma and stress-related disorder with memory loss and/or service-connected migraine headaches.
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