The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions.
The deciding factor: The case is being remanded because there is insufficient evidence regarding the nature, etiology, and severity of the claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, lumbar spine disability, left knee disability, left eye disability, hernia, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, respiratory disability (asthma), gastritis, liver cysts, gastrointestinal disorder (including irritable bowel syndrome), headaches, left arm numbness, right arm numbness, chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19118074
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for fibromyalgia and Gulf War unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness, bronchus, as well as an extension of the temporary 100 percent disability evaluation.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for scarring, right orchiopexy and remanded the claim of asbestos exposure residuals. Other claims for service connection were denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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