The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate compliance with previous remand instructions. The Veteran's widow is now the substitute claimant, and another remand is necessary as there was not substantial compliance with previous remand instructions.
The deciding factor: The Board found the opinion from the VA Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) inadequate for addressing whether the Veteran's Parkinson's disease of the right hand was caused or aggravated by his service-connected residuals of renal cancer, including treatment received for such condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21061713
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right-hand Parkinson's disease, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his active service and the condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate rationale in a previous VA opinion, and another medical opinion is needed to determine if the Veteran's Parkinson's disease of the right hand is related to service.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
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