The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a cognitive disability, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and TBI.
The deciding factor: The requested medical opinions are incomplete and do not address all aspects of the claim, necessitating further examination.
- Claimed conditions
- cognitive disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21062253
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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