The Veteran's Parkinson’s disease, acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD and MDD), leukemia, COPD, AC joint arthritis of the left shoulder, urinary frequency, erectile dysfunction, and sleep apnea are all being remanded for further development.,Service connection is being sought for these conditions without any specific service exposure basis provided. The Veteran's hypertension case has already been decided.
The deciding factor: The claims have not been fully developed as required by the previous Board remand, and thus must be returned to the RO for additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Parkinson’s disease, Acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD and MDD), Leukemia, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), AC joint arthritis of the left shoulder, Urinary frequency, Erectile dysfunction, Sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20020064
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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.
- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension, to include as secondary to left orchiectomy, for further development in accordance with the PACT Act.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress, alcohol use disorder, tension headaches, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and erectile dysfunction, all of which are found to be related to the Veteran's military service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
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