The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep disturbances, mild spondylosis of the lumbar spine, and anxiety condition to ensure that VA's duty to assist is followed.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided by the examiners were found inadequate due to mischaracterization of the issues or failure to address all evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety condition, to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, mild spondylosis of the lumbar spine, sleep disturbances, to include sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25046289
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Decisions by this judge: 931 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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