The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for a disability manifested by loss of balance due to inadequate examination and lack of identification of a diagnosed condition. The Veteran is also denied on appeal regarding her claims for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examination provided was not adequate as it did not identify whether the Veteran has a diagnosed disability manifested by a loss of balance, nor did it provide an opinion on whether this condition is related to service or service-connected non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of balance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19196986
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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