The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and rating determinations due to insufficient examination reports addressing her psychiatric, headache, dizziness, hip, and knee disabilities. The issues are related to whether these conditions had their onset during active service or are otherwise related to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that further VA examinations were needed to address the submitted medical articles and determine if any of the Veteran's claimed disabilities are related to her service-connected head injury residuals, which may affect the rating assigned for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, recurrent headache disability, dizziness, right hip ligamentous strain residuals, left hip ligamentous strain residuals, right knee strain residuals with patellar pain syndrome, left knee strain residuals with patellar pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22039953
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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.
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The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension and increased rating for anxiety disorder have been denied. The Board found that there is no evidence of a current disability meeting the criteria for hypertension, and the Veteran's anxiety disorder does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that additional VA opinions are needed to address the nature and etiology of the Veteran's dizziness, including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, and tension headaches, including migraines. The opinions should consider the Veteran's participation in a TERA and the combined effect of all his service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for hypertension, recurrent kidney disability, and recurrent headache disability due to a pre-decisional error in failing to provide VA examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection. The Board found the VA audiological examination inadequate for adjudicative purposes and remanded for an adequate VA audiological examination to determine if the Veteran has bilateral hearing loss. Service connection for PTSD, anxiety disorder, and depression is also remanded as there are insufficient competent medical evidence on file.
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