The Board remands the claim for a VA medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's service-connected disabilities aggravated his non-service-connected conditions leading to his death.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded because no medical opinion for aggravation is of record, and an addendum opinion is necessary to address whether any of the 'cause of death' disabilities were aggravated by a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Epileptiform seizures
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2024
- Citation
- 24032283
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
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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