The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for fatigue, heart, weakness and balance, and sleep disabilities due to Gulf War Illness. The VA is instructed to ensure that all records are complete and correct, obtain missing service treatment records from December 1990 to May 1991, and schedule the Veteran for new VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The Court found errors in the Board's decision due to incomplete or incorrect records, specifically regarding the Veteran's second period of service. The Court instructed the Board to ensure all records are complete and correct, obtain missing service treatment records, and schedule the Veteran for new VA examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- fatigue disability, heart disability (to include SVT and HTN), weakness and balance disability, sleep disability (to include insomnia)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24033995
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for various disabilities due to duty-to-assist errors and the need for further development.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for fatigue disability was granted, and effective dates of June 5, 2022, were assigned for the awards of service connection for thrombocytopenia and aplastic blood anemia disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraines, fatigue disability, and memory disability on a direct basis, and assigned ratings of 60 percent for right and left lower extremity sciatica from September 13, 2021.
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