The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's hypersomnia is caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder and alcohol use. The VA must obtain private medical records from Dr. Achaen, conduct a VA examination, and provide an opinion on these issues.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was insufficient evidence to determine whether the Veteran's hypersomnia is caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder and alcohol use.
- Claimed conditions
- hypersomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22003667
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal for service connection for hypersomnia due to the Veteran's withdrawal of her appeal. The appeals for cervico-occipital neuralgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, migraines, and a seizure disorder are remanded.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, hypersomnia, and migraine including migraine variants. The evidence established that these conditions had their onset during service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypersomnia as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected TBI and denied an increased rating for migraine headaches, a compensable rating for TBI, and remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypersomnia, hypothyroidism, irritable bowel syndrome, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by obtaining any outstanding private treatment records.
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