The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including TBI, psychiatric conditions, sleep impairment, headaches, vestibular issues, and joint pain, due to a lack of sufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: A remand is required to obtain additional medical records, examinations, and opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), acquired psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety, disability manifested by sleep impairment, to include insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), headache disability, vestibular disability, bilateral shoulder disability, peripheral nerve disability of the bilateral upper extremities to include as due to cold exposure, bilateral knee disability, bilateral ankle disability, bilateral foot disability, peripheral nerve disability of the bilateral lower extremities to include as due to cold exposure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24069709
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 service connection claim for a bilateral knee disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including scheduling an additional VA examination.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and chronic pain syndrome due to untimely notices of disagreement.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral foot disability, respiratory disability (breathing difficulty), cardiac disability (irregular heartbeat), and right hip disability as there was no evidence of a current disability or a link to active service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal for an increased rating for a headache disability, and the Board dismissed the claim.
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