The Veteran's claims of service connection for head and left sided nerve injuries are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: There were pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors in scheduling VA examinations for the Veteran, who is incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison.
- Claimed conditions
- Head injury, Left sided nerve injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2019
- Citation
- A19002588
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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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