The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his restless leg syndrome due to a lack of an in-person VA examination. The case is now pending and will be readjudicated after scheduling the necessary examination.
The deciding factor: The March 2020 VA physician indicated that an in-person examination was needed to determine the severity of the Veteran's service-connected restless leg syndrome, which is a prerequisite for rating decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- Restless Leg Syndrome, Right Lower Extremity, Restless Leg Syndrome, Left Lower Extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20042680
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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