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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18140272
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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: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected unspecified insomnia disorder is granted an initial 30 percent disability rating, and no higher.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including unspecified insomnia disorder and unspecified depressive disorder, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and hearing loss.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the claims for service connection and effective dates earlier than March 20, 2020 due to duty to assist errors and a request for a good cause extension of time limits.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus disability is rated at the maximum allowable under VA guidelines, and a separate rating of 30 percent for unspecified insomnia disorder is granted.
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