The Board remands the claims for service connection for bruxism, impotence and insomnia to ensure compliance with its previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as the prior VA examinations did not adequately address whether the Veteran's claimed conditions are proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bruxism, impotence, sleep disorder, manifested by insomnia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0905771
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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