The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate opinions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's fainting and dizziness disabilities, including whether BPPV is a separate disability or if it causes his fainting symptoms.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided are insufficient and contradictory, requiring clarification on both the current diagnosis and its relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- fainting disability, dizziness disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21027398
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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)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to non-compliance with prior directives, including obtaining specific dates of active duty and inactive duty training (ACDUTRA/INACDUTRA), a line of duty report for an incident in August 1983, and medical records from an ER visit on August 18, 1983. The claims are now pending again.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left upper extremity, right upper extremity, left lower extremity, and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy; hepatitis C; dizziness; hypersensitivity to light and noise; diarrhea; fainting disability; sinus disability; bronchitis; GERD; headache disability; hypertension; chronic fatigue syndrome; sleep apnea; erectile dysfunction; chest pain disability; and acquired psychiatric disorder. The claims are remanded for the following: obtaining VA treatment records, private treatment records, Social Security Administration records, and completing a TDIU application form; providing adequate VA examinations for sinus, respiratory, GERD, headache, hypertension, chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, and chest pain disabilities; and providing an examination to determine if any acquired psychiatric disability is related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there has not been substantial compliance with the prior remand directives and thus, the claims are being remanded for further development.
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