The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and TDIU due to inadequate medical opinions in prior decisions. The Veteran's claims are being returned for further development.
The deciding factor: The previous decisions relied on insufficient or speculative medical opinions, which were not compliant with the Board's remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- left cerebellar infarction (stroke), chronic motor and sensory problems of the upper and lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23020959
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for TDIU, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's stroke was not incurred in service and is not etiologically related to active service.,The Veteran's chronic motor/sensory problems are secondary to the non-service-connected stroke.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for stroke residuals, chronic motor and sensory problems, and headaches have been denied as the evidence does not support a relationship between these conditions and his military service.
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