The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a skin disorder, headaches, respiratory or sleep disorders, and an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pain and fatigue due to Gulf War exposures. The Veteran's current claims are based on distinct factual bases from his prior claim for anthrax residuals.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the current claims of service connection were based on different factual bases than a previous claim, thus distinguishing them as new and independent claims.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder, headache disorder, respiratory disorder, sleep disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178348
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 service connection for various conditions, including a head injury, headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, left earache disorder, chronic fatigue, right shoulder disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, right foot disorder, GERD, and left shoulder disorder, as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a headache disorder before the Board made a decision.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for allergic rhinitis and lumbosacral or cervical strain was dismissed due to untimeliness, while the other issues were remanded for further evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for a sleep disorder and entitlement to a rating in excess of 30 percent for chronic obstipation (constipation) for further development.
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