The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to incomplete personnel records and inconsistencies in his statements regarding the onset of various conditions. The issues will be reconsidered after obtaining all available service records.
The deciding factor: Incomplete personnel records make it difficult to determine if certain events occurred during service, leading to inconsistencies in the Veteran's statements about when symptoms began.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Psychiatric Disorder (to include Depression and PTSD)"}, {"condition_name":"Sleep Apnea"}, {"condition_name":"Lumbar Spine Disorder"}, {"condition_name":"Cervical Spine Disorder (claimed as Neck)"}, {"condition_name":"Pulmonary Embolism"}, {"condition_name":"Right Leg Disorder"}, {"condition_name":"Erectile Dysfunction"}
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20068943
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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