The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, other than insomnia disorder. The Veteran is seeking service connection for an anxiety disorder secondary to his service-connected fibromyalgia or due to an undiagnosed illness related to his Persian Gulf War service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's insomnia disorder was secondary to his service-connected fibromyalgia, but did not address whether he has a diagnosis of anxiety and if it is related to his service-connected condition or an undiagnosed illness from his Persian Gulf War service.
- Claimed conditions
- Insomnia disorder, Anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19128910
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.
- Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than April 9, 2024, for the assignment of a 70 percent evaluation for insomnia disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as the evidence did not support a finding that his current mental health conditions were related to his active duty service.
- Granted
The Board granted the appeal by restoring a separate rating for insomnia disorder effective April 1, 2025, as there was no clear and unmistakable error in the May 10, 2023 rating decision.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as insomnia secondary to service-connected allergic rhinitis and left maxillary mucus retention cyst.
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