The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations and evaluations to determine the current severity of her service-connected disabilities, including allergic rhinitis, bilateral lower extremity sciatica, toxic encephalopathy, cognitive disability with toxin-induced sleep disorder and dyssomnia, immune system injury, and loss of tolerance to chemicals. The Veteran's TDIU claim is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves multiple service-connected disabilities for which additional evaluations are needed to determine their current severity.
- Claimed conditions
- allergic rhinitis, right lower extremity sciatic nerve impairment disability, left lower extremity sciatic nerve impairment disability, toxic encephalopathy and right frontal hypoperfusion with bilateral peripheral vestibular loss, cognitive disability, with toxic-induced sleep disorder and dyssomnia, immune system injury and toxic induced loss of tolerance to chemicals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20069721
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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