The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including clarifying whether certain findings are residuals of service-connected disabilities and conducting appropriate examinations.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to the need for clarification regarding the nature of certain findings and the need for further examination.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of skull fracture, mild traumatic brain injury with complaints of memory loss and diagnosis of mild cognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1748491
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) benefits, finding that his cause of death is unrelated to his service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death is not related to his service-connected disabilities, specifically residuals of skull fracture and traumatic encephalopathy. The Board found no evidence linking the Veteran’s death to these conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's fibromyalgia, cervical strain, degenerative joint disease of the left hip, and nasal fracture with deviated septum have been rated based on their current severity. The scar from the iliac crest bone graft has also been evaluated.,Service connection for residuals of a skull fracture is denied.
- Denied
The Veteran's TBI residuals have resulted in a score of no more than '1' on the table for Evaluation of Cognitive Impairment and Other Residuals of TBI Not Otherwise Classified, resulting in an initial rating in excess of 10 percent not being met.
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