The Board has vacated the November 2018 decision and remanded two issues: service connection for a mental disorder (claimed as a psychiatric condition) to include as secondary to service connected disability, and service connection for sleep apnea to include as secondary to a mental disorder. The Veteran's representative argued that new evidence should have been considered in the November 2018 decision.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the new evidence submitted by the Veteran’s representative was in VA's possession but not discussed in the November 2018 decision, and thus vacated the decision with respect to these two issues.
- Claimed conditions
- mental disorder (claimed as a psychiatric condition), sleep apnea disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19113547
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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.
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