The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's fatigue and sleep disturbance, which may be related to an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multisystem illness.
The deciding factor: The examiner failed to provide a thorough examination and opinion as per the prior remand instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- undiagnosed illness, medically unexplained chronic multisystem illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20059233
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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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