The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional service personnel records and VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed conditions. The appeal will be reconsidered after these actions.
The deciding factor: The Board needs to verify the Veteran's service in the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations and conduct further medical evaluations to assess the relationship between the Veteran's current diagnoses and his active service, including any undiagnosed illnesses or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illnesses.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, gastrointestinal pain, sleep disturbances
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2018
- Citation
- 1801576
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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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