The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for right hip inflammatory arthritis and TBI with headaches are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is required as per previous Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) directives, including a VA examination for both conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip inflammatory arthritis, TBI with headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19121843
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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.
- Denied
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals because they were not filed within one year of the rating decisions, and no good cause was shown for the late filings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's asthma is granted service connection under the PACT Act, while other conditions are remanded for further examination and opinion.
- Denied
The Veteran's TBI with headaches was denied an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent prior to February 17, 2017.,The Veteran's TBI with headaches was also denied evaluations in excess of 10 percent from February 17, 2017 to December 30, 2019 and a compensable evaluation thereafter.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left shoulder disability, neck disability, and TBI with headaches as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability. The VA examiners found that these conditions were not caused or aggravated by the service-connected left knee disability.
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