The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service personnel records and the need for further psychological evaluations. The veteran's claim will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.
The deciding factor: Further efforts are needed to obtain complete service personnel records and provide the veteran with VA psychological and psychiatric testing to determine if PTSD or other conditions were incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, post traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2005
- Citation
- 0500163
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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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