The Board has decided to remand several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including cervical spine disorder, right hip disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, and radiculopathy of left upper extremity. The decision also mentions that SSA records and VA treatment records from before 1999 should be obtained.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there are potentially outstanding, relevant records which need to be obtained for a proper evaluation of the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disorder, right hip disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, raticulopathy of left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18140940
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches with an initial rating of 50 percent effective from August 10, 2022, and denied the claims for service connection for a right knee disability, obstructive sleep apnea, kidney disability, low back disability, and erectile dysfunction.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to a duty to assist error.
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