Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a disability manifested by fatigue, to include CFS and sleep apnea; service connection for a pilonidal cyst with abscess; an effective date prior to August 5, 2021, for the grant of service connection for sinusitis on a direct basis; restoration of a 100 percent rating for service-connected papillary thyroid cancer from June 1, 2017; and an initial rating higher than 10 percent for service-connected hemorrhoids to ensure that the claims file is updated with complete medical treatment records and to obtain new VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary due to the need for a new examination to address the etiology of the claimed disabilities, as well as to update the claims file with the Veteran's complete medical treatment records since January 9, 2025.
- Claimed conditions
- fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sleep apnea, pilonidal cyst with abscess, sinusitis, hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25003254
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