The Board has ordered a remand to address the veteran's claims of PTSD and other psychiatric disorders, including alcohol and drug abuse, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and major depression. The examiner is instructed to determine if learning about the deaths of his friends constituted a sufficient stressor for PTSD and whether any other diagnosed conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that further development was needed due to conflicting evidence regarding the sufficiency of the veteran's claimed stressors and potential secondary service connection issues.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Alcohol and drug abuse, Generalized anxiety disorder, Panic disorder, Major depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0024063
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 9, 2022, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, other specified depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating prior to March 7, 2022, while other claims were denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and GAD, as well as tinnitus.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating higher than 70 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, finding that his symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.
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