The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient information and needs further examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional medical evidence or an examination to determine if a current psychiatric disorder is related to service-connected sleep apnea.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Thoracolumbar strain","issues":["Service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD","Service connection for flat feet"]}, {"condition_name":"Neuropathy of right great toe","issues":["Service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD"]}, {"condition_name":"Neuropathy of left great toe","issues":["Service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD"]}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19114808
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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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