The Board has remanded the claims for an effective date earlier than May 17, 2002 for malaria and malaria residuals, as well as the claim for a separate evaluation for neurasthenia and neuropsychiatric disorder secondary to service-connected malaria. The CUE issue in the April 1953 rating decision denying service connection for malaria is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The claims are intertwined with the CUE issue, which could affect the earlier effective date claim.
- Claimed conditions
- malaria, neurasthenia and a neuropsychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159524
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted an increased disability evaluation of 100 percent for service-connected malaria, finding the evidence to be in approximate equipoise as to whether the Veteran's malaria was active during the appeal period.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for malaria, including residuals, as there is no current diagnosis of malaria or residuals.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for malaria as there was no evidence of active malaria or any current residuals affecting a bodily system.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for malaria as new and relevant evidence was not submitted to support a currently diagnosed disability.
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