The Board has decided that the Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) to include memory loss, headache, and insomnia should be remanded due to lack of compliance with previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address the reported symptoms of memory loss or insomnia in relation to the IED incident that resulted in the Veteran's head injury.
- Claimed conditions
- memory loss, headache, insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20064561
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for memory loss and found that the issue of TDIU from September 6, 2022 is moot.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for insomnia as the Veteran does not have a diagnosis of chronic insomnia independent of her service-connected major depressive disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted restoration of service connection for insomnia, finding that the severance was improper.
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