The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and evaluations.,Further development is required to determine if the Veteran has a current psychiatric disorder, TBI, headache disorder, vision disorder, or hypertension that is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that further examination and evaluation are necessary to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Psychiatric Disorder","diagnosis":"PTSD"}, {"condition_name":"Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)","diagnosis":"Mild TBI with headaches and vision issues likely secondary to the injury"}, {"condition_name":"Headache Disorder","diagnosis":"Post-Traumatic Migraines"}, {"condition_name":"Vision Disorder","diagnosis":"Atrophic holes of the right eye, accommodative insufficiency/oculomotor dysfunction likely secondary to TBI"}, {"condition_name":"Hypertension","diagnosis":"Essential hypertension diagnosed in 2006"}, {"condition_name":"Right Knee Disorder","diagnosis":"Patellofemoral syndrome with arthritic spurs"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19143161
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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