The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and asthma due to insufficient examination findings.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not address the Veteran’s claimed conditions under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.317, as requested by the March 2020 remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Sleep Disorder, Respiratory Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20066591
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.
- Denied
The Board denied initial ratings in excess of the assigned percentages for OSA, hypertension, allergic rhinitis, and irritable colon syndrome. Service connection was also denied for chronic fatigue syndrome and a respiratory disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a sleep disorder, to include obstructive sleep apnea, due to insufficient evidence and the need for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) was granted. The claims for respiratory disorder and an earlier effective date for allergic rhinitis were remanded.
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