The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims of service connection for Chiari malformation and a mandible disorder other than right and left trigeminal sensory nerve neuropathy. The case will be returned to the Board after further examination and evaluation.
The deciding factor: Additional medical opinions are required to clarify whether any current disorders are related to service or preexisted service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chiari malformation, mandible disorder other than right and left trigeminal sensory nerve neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22003041
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of Chiari malformation, and the Board dismissed the case as a result.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for her service-connected migraine headaches with Chiari malformation is being remanded due to deficiencies in the medical examination report.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Chiari malformation, finding it a diagnosable but medically unexplained chromic multisymptom illness (MUCMI) of unknown etiology.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's Chiari malformation and mandible disorder. The case will be remanded for further medical opinions.
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