The Board has remanded the claims for cognitive disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and brain disease due to trauma or concussion as they are related to service. The Veteran will need a VA examination to determine if these conditions are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The claims have been remanded because the Board found that further medical evaluation is needed to determine whether the Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- cognitive disorder, anxiety and/or depression, brain disease due to trauma or concussion
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187386
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.
- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of an in-service electric shock accident, including decreased motor skills and a cognitive disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an unspecified neurocognitive disorder to be evaluated by a new VA examination and to obtain an Individual Exposure Record (ILER) due to an inadequate medical opinion.
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