Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for further development, including obtaining relevant private treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to reassess the severity of the service-connected residuals of traumatic brain injury.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to ensure that VA has met its duty to assist by obtaining relevant medical evidence and conducting an updated examination.
- Claimed conditions
- trigeminal neuralgia, carpal tunnel syndrome (right upper extremity), residuals of traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25003237
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