The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for chronic migraines, hydrocephaly, and visual disturbances secondary to service-connected sarcoidosis due to a need for further medical evaluation.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for an expert opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected sarcoidosis and his claimed conditions of chronic migraines, hydrocephaly, and visual disturbances.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic migraines, hydrocephaly, visual disturbances
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187941
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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.
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