The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a new examination to assess the current severity of his dysequilibrium.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has provided recent subjective complaints and evidence indicating worsening symptoms, necessitating a new examination to determine the current level of disability.
- Claimed conditions
- dysequilibrium
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2017
- Citation
- 1748919
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a need for a VA medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's Parkinson's disease, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and his military service. The issues of CFS, degenerative disc disease with muscle spasm and stiffness, loss of smell (Hyposmia), unspecified neurocognitive disorder, and dysequilibrium are also remanded as they are inextricably intertwined with the Parkinson's disease appeal.
- Granted
The Veteran's dysequilibrium, chronic presyncopal dizziness, and Meniere’s disease are granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to chemotherapy performed at a VA Medical Center (VAMC). The initial rating for muscle atrophy in the left shoulder and decreased left arm range of motion is still pending.
- Denied
The Veteran's dysequilibrium, status post carotid artery dissection (claimed as dizziness secondary to TBI), is not related to his service-connected TBI or any in-service incurrence.,There is no evidence of hypertension that is secondary to the service-connected TBI.
- Denied
The Board finds that the Veteran's dysequilibrium is not related to his active duty service or caused by his service-connected disabilities, and therefore denies the claim for service connection.
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