The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration due to the need to obtain additional medical records, particularly from private providers. The Veteran's subjective dizziness and loss of balance are being reviewed in light of their potential secondary relationship to his service-connected tinnitus, hearing loss, or migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a new VA opinion is needed to address the aggravation prong of secondary service connection for the Veteran’s claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Subjective dizziness, Loss of balance
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20038358
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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