The Veteran's appeal involves multiple issues including increased ratings for various service-connected disabilities and the establishment of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.,The Veteran also seeks service connection for hypertension, removal of a brain tumor, and a psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical examinations and opinions regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and their impact on her ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, degenerative changes of the cervical spine with posterior osteophytes and disc herniation, narcolepsy, painful scar of the vaginal cuff, hypertension, removal of a right frontal lobe brain tumor, psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2016
- Citation
- 1624799
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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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