The Board has remanded the case for further development due to insufficient medical evidence to decide the claims.
The deciding factor: Further evidentiary development is needed as the evidence of record does not contain sufficient medical evidence to decide the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, stomach condition to include peptic ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2005
- Citation
- 0500199
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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.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for PTSD was granted. Other claims, including obstructive sleep apnea and TBI residuals, were remanded for further review.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for a lumbar spine disability, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, and service connection for erectile dysfunction disability. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient development of evidence and requests for additional information from VA and private sources. The claims will be reviewed again with updated records.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is service-connected and grants this claim.
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