The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for allergic rhinitis with chronic sinusitis and fatigue, claimed as due to an undiagnosed illness and/or medically unexplained chronic multisystem illness. The claims are being returned for further development.
The deciding factor: Further clarification is needed regarding whether the Veteran’s diagnosed conditions had their onset in service or if they are related to his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- allergic rhinitis with chronic sinusitis, fatigue, claimed as due to an undiagnosed illness and/or medically unexplained chronic multisystem illness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19196840
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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 has granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected allergic rhinitis with chronic sinusitis, finding that the current sleep apnea disability was aggravated by this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence received since the August 2020 Supplemental Statement of the Case, and for clarification on whether sleep apnea was aggravated by service-connected allergic rhinitis with chronic sinusitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for a VA sleep apnea opinion to determine if the Veteran's current sleep apnea was incurred in service or aggravated by his service-connected allergic rhinitis with chronic sinusitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered that the veteran's Chapter 31 vocational rehabilitation records be obtained and associated with the claims file. The appeal is being remanded for further evaluation of the veteran's service-connected allergic rhinitis with chronic sinusitis and urticaria.
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