The Board has remanded several issues related to service connection and ratings for various conditions, including anxiety disorder, sleep apnea, and a neurological condition. The specific issues are the rating of scars on the scalp and neck, as well as claims for obstructive sleep apnea and a sleep disturbance.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves reopening previously denied claims and remanding due to insufficient evidence or procedural errors in previous decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified anxiety disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep disturbance, an unspecified neurological condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2020
- Citation
- A20017746
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 the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to a duty to assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding their etiology.
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