The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the need for additional evidence and examination. The issues include left eye condition, tension headaches, PTSD, unspecified depressive disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic fatigue syndrome, muscle pain, joint pain (bilateral shoulders, knees, and feet and right wrist), and GERD.
The deciding factor: The claims are remanded due to the need for additional evidence and examination related to the Veteran's service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches, left eye condition, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), unspecified depressive disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic fatigue syndrome, muscle pain, joint pain (bilateral shoulders, knees, and feet and right wrist), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19189141
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and pernicious anemia, and the Board dismissed both appeals.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a 70 percent initial disability rating for PTSD effective December 2, 2021, but the claim for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent was denied. The appeal also included claims for service connection and ratings for various conditions, some of which were granted while others were remanded.
- 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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