The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to obtain service treatment records and personnel records, as well as a VA examination. The issue of entitlement to service connection for TBI with associated symptoms will be reconsidered.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to incomplete medical records and the need for further evaluation by a neurologist.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Migraines, Chronic Fatigue, Memory Loss, Neurobehavioral Autonomic Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1711188
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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
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