The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for pseudo seizures and punctured lungs due to new evidence received after a previous denial.
The deciding factor: New SSA medical records were recently obtained, which may support the Veteran's claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudo seizures, punctured lungs
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2026
- Citation
- A26009773
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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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