The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable disability rating for tardive dyskinesia and service connection for a left eye twitch, to include as secondary to tardive dyskinesia. The case is being returned to the AOJ for further development.
The deciding factor: The Court found that there was not substantial compliance with the Board's previous remand directives regarding the Veteran’s current eye twitch, and ordered a new examination to comply with these directives.
- Claimed conditions
- tardive dyskinesia, left eye twitch (eyelid myokymia)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19115311
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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 case for the RO to provide the Veteran with notice of his right to a pre-decisional hearing and conduct one if elected.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tardive dyskinesia and denied the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, initial rating in excess of 30 percent for major depressive disorder with anxious distress, and earlier effective date.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of service connection for migraine headaches based on new and relevant evidence, and an earlier effective date of December 3, 2017 for the initial rating awards for tardive dyskinesia. The claims for higher ratings for tardive dyskinesia were denied, and the issues of service connection for migraine headaches and a higher rating for bipolar I disorder were remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy from September 25, 2015 through April 10, 2019.
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