The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's cervical condition but has remanded the issue of service connection for his vestibular disorder, as there are insufficient medical opinions to determine its etiology.
The deciding factor: There is a lack of adequate VA examination and opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's vestibular disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical condition, vestibular disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24079753
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sinusitis, elbows condition, cervical condition, erectile dysfunction, kidney condition, sleep apnea, wrists condition, asthma, shoulders condition, ankles condition, eye condition (bilateral dry macular degeneration), peripheral vascular disease (heart condition), and rhinitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a vestibular disorder to obtain an addendum medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, caused or aggravated his vestibular disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for cervical and bilateral upper extremities radiculopathy disabilities, as secondary to service-connected shoulders disabilities, due to inadequate medical evidence.
- Dismissed
The appeal pertaining to entitlement to service connection for a vestibular disorder was dismissed due to procedural defects in the Notice of Disagreement.
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