The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for renal condition and TIA due to insufficient examination findings regarding whether these conditions are aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to address whether the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, caused or aggravated his renal condition and/or TIA.
- Claimed conditions
- renal condition, transient ischemic attack (TIA)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22036419
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for traumatic brain injury and transient ischemic attack, finding that the earliest possible effective date was November 16, 2023, for TBI and November 16, 2022, for TIA.
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