The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, migraine headaches, high blood pressure, low back problems, and a skin condition, due to insufficient evidence and the need for additional development.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further verification of active duty status and additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, anxiety, obstructive sleep apnea, migraine headaches, high blood pressure, low back problems, skin condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24001830
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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
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