The Board has reopened the Veteran's service connection claims for nephropathy and diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities due to new medical evidence received since the final rating decisions. The hypertension claim is also remanded.,The issues of entitlement to increased disability ratings in excess of 30 percent for PTSD, total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), and service connection for sleep apnea are all remanded.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence has been received that relates to the previously unestablished current disability element of the service connection claims for nephropathy and diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.,The Veteran's hypertension claim is remanded as there is insufficient evidence regarding whether it is proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Nephropathy, Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy of the Bilateral Lower Extremities, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19114765
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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.
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