The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of the Veteran's claims, including obtaining additional medical records and a retrospective medical opinion regarding her service-connected residuals of a hypoxic brain injury.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to obtain additional medical evidence and provide a retrospective evaluation of the Veteran's condition prior to November 17, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- hypoxic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23021972
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during service in Korea. The VA is required to seek confirmation from the JSRRC for verification of the Veteran’s exposure to herbicide agents, including proximity to the DMZ, for the entire period from October 1970 to August 1971.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's death was found to be due to hypoxic brain injury resulting from VA medical treatment, and the claim for DIC benefits is granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and denied DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 due to a lack of evidence linking the veteran's death to his military service or any service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's fatal cardiac arrest and hypoxic brain injury were not caused by or related to his service-connected conditions, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
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