The Veteran's sleep disability is remanded for a VA examiner to provide an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not caused by PTSD and/or PTSD medications, aggravated by PTSD and/or PTSD medications, or caused by obesity. The TDIU issue is also remanded due to its inextricability with the service connection claim.
The deciding factor: The examiner must provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's sleep disability (undiagnosed multisymptom illness and/or secondary to PTSD) is at least as likely as not caused by PTSD and/or PTSD medications, aggravated by PTSD and/or PTSD medications, or caused by obesity.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep disability, obesity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22012637
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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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