The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left leg restless leg syndrome due to lack of compliance with previous remand directives. The Veteran asserts his conditions are related to in-service escape and evasion training, but VA examiners have not provided adequate opinions on this issue.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the VA examiners' opinions were inadequate as they did not consider the Veteran's statements of continuity of symptoms since service and the March 2018 private treatment record which noted the condition began 56 years earlier.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg restless leg syndrome, left leg restless leg syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20073002
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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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The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left restless leg syndrome should be remanded due to a lack of an adequate examination addressing the nature and etiology of the condition, including whether it is related to service or any service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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