The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a higher rating for TBI and conversion disorder, as well as a TDIU prior to October 6, 2009, due to the need for additional medical clarification.
The deciding factor: The need for an additional VA examination is necessary to clarify which specific symptoms are attributable to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability in order to afford him the highest possible disability rating available under the law.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI), conversion disorder with mixed symptoms with other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, seizures
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25013052
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,858 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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