The Veteran's malaria is rated as noncompensable, and the Board has ordered a new VA examination to determine if his current symptoms are related to his service-connected malaria.
The deciding factor: The October 2015 VA examination did not provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran’s symptoms are attributable to malaria without access to the spring 2015 testing mentioned by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- malaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19182350
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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