The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for postoperative residuals of an occipital meningioma and a pituitary microadenoma, as well as his claim for hypertension. The appeals are being remanded to obtain additional medical records, conduct VA examinations, and ensure compliance with the September 2017 remand directives.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence had been received to reopen both claims, but the appeal is being remanded due to inadequate medical opinions and failure to comply with remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of an occipital meningioma, pituitary microadenoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19155885
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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 denied service connection for pituitary microadenoma, finding no evidence that the condition began during active service or was related to exposure to burn pits and other toxins.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for pituitary microadenoma and remanded the claim for a respiratory disability for further development.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render her unable to obtain or maintain gainful employment, and the Board denies her claim for a TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for pituitary microadenoma and erectile dysfunction due to inadequate VA examinations. The Veteran's contentions regarding exposure to toxic chemicals during service are not addressed in the current examination reports.
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