The Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and a higher disability rating for her left shoulder condition are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence, including SSA records and an examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran needs further evaluation of her fatigue symptoms and their potential connection to VA care in order to make a determination on her claims.
- Claimed conditions
- extreme fatigue, neurological symptoms, musculoskeletal symptoms
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20012351
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for extreme fatigue, difficulty breathing, sepsis, and urinary tract infection due to incomplete records and a need for additional medical opinions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for neurological symptoms and muscle pain due to a lack of VA examinations, which is considered a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examination and medical opinion provided were inadequate, and thus remanded to obtain additional private medical records and provide a new examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for pneumonia, restrictive lung disease, and recurrent URIs, as well as service connection for extreme fatigue, to correct duty-to-assist errors.
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