The Veteran's claim for service connection for urinary frequency and nocturia is remanded due to a lack of an opinion on whether his sleep apnea has aggravated these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion on the aggravation of the Veteran's urinary frequency by his service-connected sleep apnea.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary frequency, Nocturia
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24080933
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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.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is remanded due to inadequate VA medical opinions regarding the causation and aggravation of her bladder disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of urinary frequency and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for nocturia as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric and lower back disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bladder condition, finding that the evidence is not persuasive in establishing a relationship to service or secondary to a service-connected disability.
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