The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development and examination regarding his dizziness symptoms. The current appeal period has not resulted in a determination on service connection for depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's dizziness symptoms have not been fully evaluated, including whether they are related to service or constitute components of an undiagnosed illness associated with service in the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Dizziness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19124425
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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.
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