The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a spinal disability and residuals of a head injury, including TBI residuals and headaches due to an in-service motor vehicle accident. The claims are pending further examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The claims were remanded as there is insufficient evidence regarding the onset and relationship between the claimed disabilities and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- spinal disability, residuals of a head injury (including traumatic brain injury (TBI) residuals and headaches)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18138748
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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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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