The Board has determined that additional development is necessary for the Veteran's claims of service connection for Parkinson’s disease, stroke and residuals thereof, vision problems, left leg paralysis, and memory loss. The claims are being remanded to allow for further examination and consideration.
The deciding factor: The conflicting evidence regarding the presence and etiology of these conditions requires additional medical evaluation to determine their relationship to service or other causes.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson’s disease, stroke, vision problems, left leg paralysis, memory loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2018
- Citation
- 18139942
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied the reduction of the rating for service-connected stroke from 100 percent to 10 percent, and granted service connection for adjustment disorder as a residual of the stroke.
- Partly granted
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