The Board has remanded several claims for further development due to incomplete records and the need for additional medical opinions. The Veteran's service connection claims are being returned to VA for these purposes.
The deciding factor: VA needs to obtain missing STRs, associate new VA treatment records with the file, and provide a supplemental VA examination for each of the service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- asthma, rhinitis medicamentosa/chronic pharyngitis (claimed as sinusitis), back disability, mild lumbar spondylosis with associated muscle spasm, left lower extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, acquired psychiatric disorder (variously claimed as depression not otherwise specified, a nervous disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD))
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20077799
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases of sleep apnea and asthma due to a failure to provide proper notice for a hearing.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for asthma and a 10 percent rating based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities were dismissed. The claim of entitlement to a compensable rating for eczema was denied, while the claim of entitlement to allergic rhinitis was not addressed as it pertained to different issues.
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