The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran sustained a TBI in service and if his current headaches are related to that incident.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical opinions regarding the nature of the Veteran's head injury and its relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head injury, traumatic brain injury (TBI) residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19119954
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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