The Veteran's claims for service connection for grand mal epilepsy, traumatic brain injury (TBI), left shoulder impingement, and right shoulder impingement are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions. The claim for Chapter 35 Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits is also being remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with these other claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims require clarification regarding the nature and cause of his disabilities, particularly those related to TBI and epilepsy, which may involve a need for medical opinions to determine if there was pre-existing disability or if service aggravated any existing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- grand mal epilepsy, migraine headaches, left shoulder impingement, right shoulder impingement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2021
- Citation
- 21031773
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to incomplete medical records and insufficient opinions regarding the relationship between service, including a stick injury in England, and current left eye disability (including amblyopia and cataracts) as well as migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches are productive of very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability. The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected migraine headaches was granted with an effective date of February 28, 2023.
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