The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to inadequate medical opinions and further review is needed.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was not responsive to the questions posed by the March 2015 Board remand, thus requiring an adequate VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- vestibular abnormality, positional vertigo, dizziness with staggering
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2016
- Citation
- 1621014
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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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The Board has remanded the case due to an error in applying the correct legal standard and failing to address a reasonably raised issue regarding whether the Veteran's dizziness is aggravated by his service-connected bilateral hearing loss. The claim will be returned for further development.
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The Veteran's appeal involves multiple service connection claims for various conditions, including psychiatric disorders, tendonitis, vertigo, dermatitis, GERD, hypertension, prostate hypertrophy, and hernia. The Board has determined that additional examinations are needed to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all service connection claims due to the Veteran's death.
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