The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations and evaluations to determine the nature of his sleep apnea, cervical spine disability, and service connection claims.
The deciding factor: The current evidence does not provide sufficient information to make a determination on these issues without further examination and evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Lumbar Spine Disability"}, {"condition_name":"Left Lower Extremity Radiculopathy"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19167138
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What this means for you
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