The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for stroke, seizures, kidney disorder, and bladder disorder due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether these conditions are related to service. The VA examiner is asked to provide more thorough findings on the etiology of these disorders.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not adequately discuss whether the Veteran's in-service symptoms indicated that his stroke disorder had begun in service or if it was a congenital defect, and thus required further development.
- Claimed conditions
- stroke disorder, seizures, kidney disorder, bladder disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20077014
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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
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