The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations to address the adequacy of the VA examination reports and to determine if he meets the criteria for a higher rating or SMC based on housebound status or permanent need of aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error due to the lack of adequate VA examinations addressing the Veteran's residuals from his lacunar stroke and whether he is housebound or in permanent need of aid and attendance.
- Claimed conditions
- lacunar stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2024
- Citation
- A24060155
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a neurocognitive disorder and a lacunar stroke, but granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for the neurocognitive disorder due to VA treatment.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of June 8, 2023, for the award of service connection for lacunar stroke and chronic kidney disease.
- Dismissed
The appellant withdrew his appeal for service connection for acute ischemic stroke, lacunar stroke with acoustic neuroma.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for acid reflux and lacunar stroke, finding that there is no evidence to support these conditions being related to her service-connected disabilities.
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