The Board has remanded all service connection claims due to incomplete STRs and the need for additional examinations. The Veteran's claims include TBI, PTSD, insomnia, eye disorders, ear disorders, shoulder disabilities, back disability, and neck disability.
The deciding factor: Incomplete Service Treatment Records (STRs) necessitate further development including examinations and opinions on etiology of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Psychiatric Disorder, Insomnia, Bilateral Eye Disability, Ear Disability (other than tinnitus or bilateral hearing loss), Left Shoulder Disability, Right Shoulder Disability, Low Back Disability, Neck Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2022
- Citation
- A22023531
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The claims for service connection for right and left shoulder disabilities are remanded. The claim for sleep disorder (claimed as sleep apnea) remains denied.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Neck Disability, and Bilateral Upper Extremity Radiculopathy. The decision is based on the Veteran's active service and medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his low back, left knee, and right knee disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations. The AOJ is instructed to obtain private treatment records from Mays & Schnapp Pain Management and schedule the Veteran for additional medical examinations.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an effective date before April 1, 2018 for a 20% rating for left shoulder disability was denied. The appeal also resulted in the assignment of a 20% rating from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018, and a TDIU granted from April 1, 2018 to September 3, 2025.
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