The Board remands the case to obtain a VA examination and service personnel records to determine if the veteran's sleeping disorder is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The record contains competent lay evidence of persistent or recurrent symptoms, indicating an in-service event, injury, or disease, necessitating further development before a decision can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- sleeping disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0902863
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,977 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0902863.
What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but remanded the claim of service connection for a sleeping disorder due to an error in duty to assist.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for colon cancer is granted. The Board has also remanded the issue of service connection for a sleeping disorder.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 19, 2021, for the award of service connection for tinnitus but denied all other claims for service connection and special monthly compensation.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a sleeping disorder, left knee disorder, bilateral foot disorder, and left shoulder disorder. The neck disorder was remanded for further evidence.
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