The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's acute right cerebrovascular accident and left hemiplegia, including potential service connection based on exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional medical opinions are needed to address the nature and etiology of the Veteran's cerebrovascular accident and its relationship to service, particularly regarding exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- acute right cerebrovascular accident, left hemiplegia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2024
- Citation
- 24004547
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Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
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