The Veteran's initial disability ratings for major neurocognitive disorder and residuals of a traumatic brain injury are being remanded due to the addition of new VA medical records.
The deciding factor: New VA medical records have been added to the record, necessitating further review and readjudication of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- major neurocognitive disorder, residuals of a traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19178234
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection on multiple conditions are being remanded due to the need for further development and clarification of his military service records.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's TBI residuals are related to his active service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and Dependents' Educational Assistance have been granted, making these issues moot.
- Granted
The Veteran's major neurocognitive disorder, including dementia and stroke, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, and headaches are granted service connection as secondary to his already service-connected disabilities.
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