The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for bilateral knee disabilities, erectile dysfunction, and sleep apnea due to a failure to obtain all of the appellant's service treatment records. The VA is also required to schedule examinations to determine the nature and etiology of the appellant's claimed erectile dysfunction and sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the appellant served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations, which qualifies him for exposure to toxic substances under the PACT Act. However, the duty to assist was not fulfilled due to incomplete service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, left knee disability, erectile dysfunction, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2026
- Citation
- A26022770
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess his bilateral knee and hip disabilities.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not show that he had been diagnosed and manifested to at least a 10 percent disability rating on or prior to May 8, 2001.
- Partly granted
The Board has not made a final determination on the claims of service connection for inguinal hernia, PTSD, joint pain, fibromyalgia, left knee disability, right knee disability, tinnitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disability, sleep disorder, IBS, and headaches. The claims are remanded to obtain additional evidence and determine if these conditions are related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disease manifesting within one year after service and concluding that the current disability is not related to his in-service deviated septum.
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