The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need to obtain additional medical records. The appellant is also provided with a SOC regarding her claim for a compensable disability rating for sleep disturbance.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records are needed to fully evaluate the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities, including those related to his Parkinson's disease and sleep disturbance.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic constipation, left upper extremity, residuals of Parkinson’s disease, right upper extremity, residuals of Parkinson’s disease, left lower extremity, residuals of Parkinson’s disease, right lower extremity, residuals of Parkinson’s disease, sleep disturbance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19169666
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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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