The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development, including scheduling VA examinations to address his claimed disabilities and determining their etiology.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to appear for scheduled VA examinations, so these claims must be returned to the RO for further action.
- Claimed conditions
- lightheadedness, black outs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20029983
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted payment for non-VA ambulance care provided by Southwest on June 2, 2025, to transport the Veteran to Banner Casa Grande Medical Center emergency room due to leg pain and lightheadedness. The claim meets the criteria under section 1725 of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, with accompanying symptoms such as light and noise sensitivity, blind spots, nausea, numbness, tingling, dizziness, lightheadedness, throbbing, and pulsating pain, are considered a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness (MUCMI) due to his Gulf War service. The Board granted the Veteran's claim for service connection under this presumption.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases of service connection for tension headaches and lightheadedness, as well as tinnitus. The Veteran's appeal is being held due to a duty-to-assist error where relevant private treatment records were not obtained.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of July 8, 2009 for the awards of service connection for dizziness and lightheadedness and persistent weakness and fatigue.
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