The Board has remanded the case for further development, including verification of in-service stressors and examination to determine current disabilities.
The deciding factor: Further development is required due to unresolved issues regarding verified in-service stressors and current disability status.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), shrapnel, right arm, shrapnel wound, upper legs, back injury, neck injury, headaches, gunshot wound in the groin, inguinal hernia repair, left shoulder disorder, left arm disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2003
- Citation
- 0335894
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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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- Granted
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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