The Board is remanding the case to determine if a timely Notice of Disagreement was filed with the February 2016 rating decision regarding the Veteran's service-connected non-specific chronic dizziness.
The deciding factor: The timeliness of the NOD submitted in response to the February 2016 rating decision needs to be determined before further action can be taken on the underlying issue.
- Claimed conditions
- non-specific chronic dizziness without known cause (claimed as vertigo)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22035447
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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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