The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine if the Veteran's symptoms of loss of sense of balance and falling, respiratory disability, bowel dysfunction, and diabetes mellitus are related to his military service or an undiagnosed illness. The Veteran will be provided with a VA Gulf War General Medical Examination to address these claims.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the current development is needed to determine if the Veteran's symptoms can be attributed to any known clinical diagnosis, and whether they represent objective indications of a chronic disability or multisymptom illness resulting from an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of sense of balance and falling, respiratory disability, bowel dysfunction, diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159734
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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
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