The Board has remanded the case for additional development to determine if the Veteran's chronic fatigue is related to her military service, including service in Southwest Asia. The appeal will be reconsidered after this development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion on whether the Veteran’s chronic fatigue is related to her military service due to attributing it to known clinical diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, gout, diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent), arthralgia, chronic low back pain, obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18149826
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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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