The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for muscle and joint pain, as well as sleep disturbance, due to inadequate explanations in previous decisions and missing VA treatment records. The case will be reviewed with additional evidence and opinions.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on insufficient explanation of how VA fulfilled its duty to assist and incomplete medical records that could have provided context for the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle and joint pain, sleep disturbance
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20048518
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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: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for muscle and joint pain, to include fibromyalgia, is granted as the condition is presumptively related to his active service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeal was denied in various aspects, including evaluations for Parkinson's disease and its residuals, urinary problems, upper extremity conditions, difficulty chewing and swallowing, constipation, loss of sense of smell, sexual dysfunction, speech changes, and stooped posture. The appeals were remanded multiple times.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic disability manifested by muscle and joint pain, other than his service-connected CFS, is remanded due to the need for further development including a TERA memorandum and VA examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions are being remanded due to procedural errors and the need for additional medical examinations.,Service connection is granted for tinnitus, but denied for hearing loss.
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