The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and clarifying diagnoses. The Veteran's service connection claim for seizures is being reviewed.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to clarify the Veteran's diagnoses and determine if his seizures are related to his active duty service or a congenital disease.
- Claimed conditions
- AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation), Partial Complex Seizure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2022
- Citation
- 22009166
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for AVM with repair, bilateral eye disability, and cephalgia due to service connection. The issues are inextricably intertwined and require further development including obtaining private treatment records from Dr. N.G.P., VA treatment records from November 2011 to May 2015, and a neurologist's addendum opinion.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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