The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims of service connection for dizziness and fainting due to inadequate opinions from VA examiners. The case will be returned after additional examinations by a neurologist are conducted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not adequately address the etiology of the Veteran’s fainting and dizziness, including whether they are symptoms of his service-connected left ventricular hypertrophy, hypertension, and/or depressive disorder or separate disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- dizziness, fainting
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18159983
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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 remands the claim for service connection for dizziness to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing whether it is related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for dizziness, migraine headaches, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, and asthma, secondary to a service-connected condition. The claim for an initial compensable rating for syphilis was denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted effective dates of May 31, 2023, for the awards of a 10 percent disability rating for rhinitis and a 50 percent disability rating for migraines. The award of service connection for urinary incontinence was denied an earlier effective date.
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