The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination to determine the current severity of service-connected labyrinthitis, the nature and etiology of any headache disability, including residuals of a head injury such as traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic headaches, and whether TDIU should be granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional evidence is needed to fully assess the Veteran's conditions and determine their impact on his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- labyrinthitis, headaches (including migraine headaches and residuals of traumatic brain injury)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19143173
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for not timely submitting a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) within one year from the date of the mailing of an adverse decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the motion to revise an August 2005 rating decision that denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
- Remanded (sent back)
The claim for an earlier effective date for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is remanded again due to failure to substantially comply with prior remand instructions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for labyrinthitis and peripheral vestibular disorder, finding that these conditions are related to acoustic trauma and ear injury in service.
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