The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for various disabilities, including bilateral lower extremity disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a sleep disorder, and erectile dysfunction. The VA is directed to obtain any missing service treatment records and schedule the Veteran for appropriate examinations to determine the etiology of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the claims are inextricably intertwined with other remanded issues and thus must be addressed together.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity disability (claimed as peripheral neuropathy and radiculopathy), acquired psychiatric disorder, sleep disorder (claimed as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and sleep deprivation), erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18153004
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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