The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence was provided to support the Veteran's claims, necessitating a thorough VA examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent sleep disability, recurrent skin disability, pulmonary disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22029977
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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 Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a recurrent sleep disability and for a compensable rating for left hand fifth metacarpal fracture residuals due to procedural errors in previous decisions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of adequate examination regarding the relationship between the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea and his service-connected disabilities, including sinusitis.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's pulmonary disability, including asthma and COPD, is causally related to his toxic exposure risk activity during service. The decision grants service connection for these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's recurrent sleep disability, including obstructive sleep apnea, was not shown during active service or for many years thereafter. The diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea has not been shown to have originated during or be otherwise related to active service.
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