The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations to assess the current severity of his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to the need for further evidence and examination to determine the current nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea with bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis with deviated septum status post septoplasty with turbinectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2013
- Citation
- 1303494
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted prior to October 16, 2019, and dismissed from that date onwards due to the receipt of a 100% disability rating for Meniere's disease.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including obstructive sleep apnea with bronchial asthma and unspecified depressive disorder, prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a TDIU based on these disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for obstructive sleep apnea with bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis are being remanded due to the submission of new evidence that may affect the severity assessments. The AOJ will consider this evidence in conjunction with the existing record.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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