The Board is remanding the case to provide VCAA notice, obtain outstanding medical records, and attempt to verify the veteran's claimed stressors.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves a claim to reopen service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD. The decision requires additional development as per the VCAA requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2005
- Citation
- 0500009
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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