The Board remands the claims for service connection for residuals of a left orbital fracture, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a nasal disability, and residuals of a rib fracture due to missing service records and inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain additional evidence and appropriate medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder and/or residuals of a traumatic brain injury (claimed as cognitive disorder secondary to head trauma), nasal disability, to include deviated nasal septum and nose reconstruction, rhinitis, and status post rhinoplasty, residuals of a left orbital fracture, residuals of a rib fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25028552
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Decisions by this judge: 831 · Granted: 48% (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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