The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for a disorder manifested by neurobehavioral effects, including as secondary to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune due to presumed exposure. The Veteran needs to be provided with a VA examination to determine if her current condition is related to her service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service personnel records indicate she was stationed at Camp Lejeune during the period of presumed exposure, and she has reported symptoms consistent with neurobehavioral effects. However, no definitive diagnosis of such effects has been made in her VA treatment records. The Board finds that a VA examination is needed to determine if there is a link between her service and current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- neurobehavioral effects
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19102347
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.
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for neurobehavioral effects due to exposure to Camp Lejeune contaminated water, finding that the evidence does not support a separate diagnosis of neurobehavioral effects and that these symptoms are subsumed under the already service-connected schizophrenia.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of neurobehavioral effects due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The Board found that the VA did not provide an adequate examination and failed to obtain relevant medical records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of neurobehavioral effects, including parkinsonism, due to exposure at Camp Lejeune. The veteran will undergo a TERA examination.
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