The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for an additional VA examination to determine the current severity of his service-connected unspecified insomnia disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence indicates that a more detailed evaluation is needed to accurately assess the Veteran's disability and its impact on his daily life.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified insomnia disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18140272
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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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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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