The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for chronic fatigue, nervousness, shortness of breath, sleep problems, chest pain and joint pain as well as the claim for a psychiatric disability to include a not otherwise specified anxiety disorder, a generalized anxiety disorder, an obsessive compulsive personality disorder, and a not otherwise specified personality disorder to be remanded for further action.
The deciding factor: The Court found that the Board erred when it failed to consider whether the Veteran's current disability is related to his service-connected PTSD. The Veteran should be afforded further VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue, nervousness, shortness of breath, sleep problems, chest pain, joint pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2023
- Citation
- 23006778
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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