The Board has withdrawn the Veteran's appeals for service connection for sleep apnea, obstructive airway disease (claimed as respiratory disorder), and earlier effective dates for PTSD, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine with IVDS, and benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 for Dependents Education Assistance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for these issues prior to the Board's decision being finalized.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, obstructive airway disease (claimed as respiratory disorder), congestive heart failure, to include supraventricular tachycardia, cardiomyopathy, and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22057972
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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 remands the claim for a direct service connection opinion and an adequate secondary service connection aggravation opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sinusitis, elbows condition, cervical condition, erectile dysfunction, kidney condition, sleep apnea, wrists condition, asthma, shoulders condition, ankles condition, eye condition (bilateral dry macular degeneration), peripheral vascular disease (heart condition), and rhinitis.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea is dismissed as the benefit sought has been granted, making the case moot.
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